Industry committee  You asked a good question. First,, the fact that the CRTC is there and prosecutes and publicizes prosecution does have some impact on behaviour. Contrary to what my friend said, I think some of their fines have been very high relative to the alleged infraction. Specifically on yo

Industry committee  That's a very good question. I did a very extensive blog post in terms of what I thought the structure should be for considering regulations. In my view, it starts from looking at the structure of the act. The structure of the act prohibits a large swath of activities. You may n

Industry committee  Thank you very much for the question. Being from Montreal, I appreciate the question in French, although I cannot respond in French because my French is too rusty.

Industry committee  With regard to your astute question about whether the exemptions apply or not, the problem is that there was a regulatory process that could have led to the exemptions applying. There's an exemption for personal relationships. Personal relationship as it's defined as an exemptio

Industry committee  I'd be glad to do that. There is one other thing this committee might want to see. There is a charter challenge of CASL before the CRTC, and that charter challenge very explicitly identifies, both in the submissions and in the expert reports that were filed for the applicant, som

Industry committee  I'm giving you an example of a situation where a charity like the CNIB—

Industry committee  I'm giving you an example.

Industry committee  But I have—

Industry committee  Those are good questions. If I could, I would like to spend just a minute on the question you addressed to Mr. Lawford. One way of assessing the legislation is by comparing it to international norms. It was represented to this committee back when CASL was being reviewed that thi

Industry committee  Mr. Maguire, could I respond to that question as well?

Industry committee  Very briefly, the problem for small business—and for large businesses, but for small business—is that this law is too complex. You have a law that's very difficult to read. You have two sets of regulations, and because of all the difficulty, you have a RIAS that is probably longe

Industry committee  You're quite right about the lemonade stand. The reason I raise it is that it appears to me that everyone in the committee will understand that if a piece of legislation stops a kid from trying to get a babysitting job or operating a lemonade stand, there's something wrong with t

Industry committee  I tell them what they can do and can't do, and they say, “I can't do that. I cannot do that. I only have so many people, so many employees. Don't tell me I have to have a regime like Desjardins has to operate a small business.”

Industry committee  I want to start by saying that I don't think it's unreasonable to protect consumers. I don't think it's unreasonable to have regulations affecting business that are necessary to protect consumers. At the end of the day, it's all about a balance. It's about a balance and ensuring

Industry committee  It's a good question, Mr. Lametti. I'd have to say that it's hard to know. There's the good and there's the bad. Consumers obviously don't want to get this malicious type of spam. They may think CASL is the reason why they're not getting as much. Of course, the answer is that i