You call them “legitimate”. Fair enough, but what really gives them the right to basically tie up, destroy, or cause damage or privacy loss in the first place?
I understand your arguments about the CRTC needing to reach out more and so forth, but it seems to me that we have this backwards to some degree. The cost isn't borne by those sending the messages; it's borne by the people receiving them. If I'm engaged in a relationship whereby I've agreed to receive your email, or I haven't agreed, and your message ends up costing me time, money, and other things, what do you think would be fair for me as a consumer to get out of that?