Industry committee  In terms of the percentage of referrals that are done by e-mail, I don't have that for you, but I am told by our members that it's the fastest-growing medium through which to make that initial contact.

Industry committee  In our case, the business-to-business case, we would say yes, that makes sense. That is an implied consent.

Industry committee  It may be too short. It should really be defined by the advisory relationship between the individuals, not whether there has been a communication or not. Again, it looks like there had to have been a communication.

Industry committee  It does.

Industry committee  Again, I think it's a case of tweaking. We could reference the relationship without a number, without a timeframe, and I think it would get at exactly what you're trying to get at.

Industry committee  They are too high as maximums for clause 6. I do want to mention one thing here with regard to some of this being probable but not necessarily possible. We live in a really very compliance-oriented world. Everything we do goes through a compliance filter. So if the rule says tha

Industry committee  I would just add the point that I think some of us made earlier. Our concern is that when it is so broad, yes, we would like to narrow it somewhat. When it is so broad it does also capture legitimate business. We need to find language that allows the legitimate business to get th

Industry committee  We believe the anti-spam provisions are too broad as they relate to business-to-business communications. Where a business makes its e-mail address public and the address is not accompanied by a statement that commercial messages are not welcome, Bill C-27 should treat this as imp

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. We appreciate the opportunity to speak with you today. My name is Joanne De Laurentiis. I'm president and CEO of the Investment Funds Institute of Canada. I'm joined by Paul Vaillancourt, who is an independent financial consultant who runs his own successf