Industry committee  I think essentially that's correct. The TPRP report is a comprehensive document and has within it a whole series of checks and balances and objectives that are much to be preferred. The effect of the government action in this case is to take a couple of different measures that s

Industry committee  I also don't believe, particularly in the areas where cable has penetrated the local telephony market, you're going to see re-monopolization. In areas where there has been no new entrant penetration, you may see a reluctance to get on board. It's more likely that you will see a p

Industry committee  I have to look to the wireless example in Canada, where effectively we attempted to start off the digital networks by licensing Microcell and Clearnet and had them end up being gobbled by the same providers they were supposed to compete with. It is a big problem, because, in eff

Industry committee  Mr. Carrie, if I may, I'll interject here. I think we have to be clear about what in fact we're talking about in relation to the forbearance order. The telephone companies have always been able to compete with their new-entrant competitors. They have the ability, for example, wit

Industry committee  I think that's correct, yes.

Industry committee  I think, objectively, in looking at what the proposed order of the minister is, it is a very exceptional order, and it seems to be offside of the standard thinking in relation to the behaviour of regulatory bodies, both within this country and externally. You'll note in my submi

Industry committee  This matter of an attempt to define LFRs was a matter that occupied a considerable amount of time and head-scratching in the original proceeding. It's frankly not so much a matter of science, but belief, in terms of how this thing should be crafted. There are opinions on both sid

Industry committee  As the committee well knows, the provisions associated with abuse of dominance and predatory pricing have not had extensive use in Canada. There has been a great deal of reluctance on the part of the Competition Bureau to find conduct that would amount to abuse of dominant positi

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, for extending this invitation to address you on matters of concern to residential consumers, particularly vulnerable consumers, associated with the deregulatory actions of the government in relation to the CRTC in particular a

Industry committee  I'm not certain what the use of an income trust is, specific to actual deregulation. As a matter of fact, this week, in the price cap proceedings, we visited this issue for both TELUS and Bell Canada, and it seems clear that the income trust instrument is capable of being used by

Industry committee  Our organization represents other consumer groups--for example, the Consumers' Association of Canada, the National Anti-Poverty Organization, Regulatory Proceedings--and have done so for the last thirty years. There's one point...I wonder if you're clear in your mind that...and

Industry committee  Well, I've just told you.

Industry committee  Not me personally, but certainly the organization has.

Industry committee  I didn't compare Maxime Bernier and Mao Tse-tung; I compared the language that was used to effective language that was used in the context of other, less attractive regimes.

Industry committee  Do you mean these comments today? I wrote this today, sir, because effectively I've been in CRTC proceedings up until yesterday, and this is the only time we've had to compile comments for your benefit.