Was there an “Easter Egg” in the closing lines of a CRTC press release today?
The CRTC was talking about having completed a review of over 80 telecommunications regulations, resulting in the elimination or streamlining of more than 60 per cent of these. Importantly, regulations deemed in the public interest, such as those relating to 911 services, accessibility and customer privacy, were left unchanged.
The CRTC press release’s closing paragraph said:
Going forward, the CRTC will continue to favour market forces and carefully weigh the need for any new regulations. In particular, the CRTC will be mindful of the administrative burden any proposed requirement, enforcement measure or penalty may create for small Canadian businesses.
It seems to have come out of left field. This isn’t a boilerplate. Where did small business come into play in the rest of the press release?
Was this a statement of philosophy for the CRTC operating in the period under an interim chair?