Mr. Speaker, the contempt for due process is so obvious it is wafting off the benches.
The government has intervened and undermined again and again in the CRTC, but in the case of Pentefountas, it not only broke the vetting process, it did it with the direct intervention of the PMO. Now we have the political strings of the Prime Minister directly at the senior level of the CRTC.
Tom Pentefountas is not qualified for this post. He has no independent credible standing to oversee a body that deals with a $60 billion industry.
Why has the government undermined the CRTC and not followed the fair process in place to ensure an adequate candidate with a regulatory background?