I think it's true that some businesses will not want to receive certain business e-mail. The objective here is to find the right mix, because many companies would.
Many companies--in fact, many members of the chamber--establish websites for the very purpose of developing a relationship with those they don't know yet. They have a description of their products and services. They publish their e-mail addresses and very much welcome a new supplier or a new buyer of their products and services. This is a situation where there is no pre-existing relationship. Those companies have made investments for the very purpose of having people they don't know contact them to buy these new Canadian products or services. They would be delighted to get these e-mails.
As the bill is currently drafted, because of the express consent, they wouldn't even be able to click on the e-mail address that's on the website for the purpose of communicating with them, making an order, or sending them an RFP or RFQ. I think that's the problem we're trying to solve. The implied consent rule would help in that kind of situation.
Australia deals with that situation by recognizing an express exception for e-mail addresses that are conspicuously published on websites.