I would to a certain extent reiterate the point made by Mr. Fraser that perhaps we're overemphasizing the difference between our views, in terms of how substantial a difference actually exists.
My sense is that as soon as you start opening the door on “unwanted”, you get into difficulty, because if I'm an e-mail sender, how do I know what you want? The best way is to get the consent, to find out. That's why I like the bright-line rule that the bill draws that says to go and get consent.
The inbox belongs to the business. If you have a pre-existing business relationship, they are your customer. If you have a contract with them, if you're engaged in business with them, you're clean; you're fine. The implied consent rule takes over there.
We start getting into problems of obtaining consent, really, not only when the relationship is over, but when it has been over for a year and a half. That's a pretty long time we're talking about here. I can't imagine a responsible business that takes a year and a half to follow up on a previous customer.