On Monday, I caught an interesting comment from CRTC chair JP Blais in his exchange with the witnesses from the Competition Bureau appearing at the Commission’s wholesale wireline oral proceeding.
The Chair had just paraphrased the witnesses’ perspective as “I was struck by your presentation this morning to say, well, wait until we have the evidence” when he continued [at line 105 of the transcript], saying:
I have always thought that the role of the Commission is more to be a doctor that analyzes an issue and prescribes a course of conduct if there is an illness rather than a coroner when it’s too late.
Is there sufficient evidence that there is an illness that warrants a prescription?