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Telecom Public Notice
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Ottawa, 6 September 1985
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Telecom Public Notice CRTC 1985-65
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CNCP TELECOMMUNICATIONS - GENERAL INCREASE IN RATES
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On 28 June 1985, CNCP Telecommunications (CNCP) filed an application with the Commission for a general increase in its rates to be effective 1 January 1986.
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CNCP subscribers, interested parties registered under section 7 of the CRTC Telecommunications Rules of Procedure and other persons identified in the Directions on Procedure issued by the Commission were notified of CNCP's application and a general notice was published in newspapers across the country. In these notices, the Commission stated that an oral public hearing may not be necessary, and that it would determine whether to hold an oral hearing following the receipt of notices of intention to participate.
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In response to these notices the Commission received 13 letters of intervention, including notices of intention to participate from the following four parties: Nigel David Allen (Allen), Canadian Press and Broadcast News Limited, British Columbia Telephone Company Limited (B.C. Tel), and the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Province of Ontario (Ontario). Allen and B.C. Tel indicated that they did not intend to participate in an oral hearing, and Ontario indicated its intention to participate in the public hearing should the Commission decide that an oral hearing is necessary.
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The Commission has reviewed the comments from subscribers and the notices from parties intending to participate in the proceeding, together with the application and supporting evidence. In the Commission's view, the testimony of witnesses and their cross-examination at an oral public hearing would not likely add significantly to the record of the proceeding. Moreover, in the Commission's view, any additional benefits of having an oral public hearing would be outweighed by the costs to all parties of such a hearing. The Commission has therefore concluded that it is unnecessary to hold an oral public hearing.
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The Commission has submitted additional interrogatories to CNCP, and notes that Allen and B.C. Tel have also submitted interrogatories which require responses, pursuant to the Directions on Procedure, by 13 September 1985.
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With regard to interrogatories addressed to CNCP which have not been answered to the satisfaction of interveners, requests by interveners for further responses to their interrogatories, accompanied by reasons why each further response is both relevant and necessary, must be received by the Commission and by CNCP by 20 September 1985. Requests by interveners for public disclosure of information for which CNCP has claimed confidentiality, accompanied by reasons for such disclosure, must be received by the Commission and by CNCP by 20 September 1985. With respect to both deficiency and confidentiality requests from interveners, CNCP may file an answer by 25 September 1985, with copies to the interveners, and the interveners may reply by 1 October 1985, with copies to CNCP and the other interveners. The Commission will issue its decision concerning any such requests by 7 October 1985.
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Provided the application file is completed to the satisfaction of the Commission, CNCP shall file its final written argument, and serve copies on each of the interveners, by 15 October 1985. Interveners shall file their final written arguments, with copies to CNCP, by 22 October 1985, and CNCP shall file its reply argument, with copies to interveners, by 29 October 1985.
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All documents referred to in this notice are to be actually received on or before the dates specified, not merely mailed on or before these dates.
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Fernand Bélisle
Secretary General
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