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Telecom Public Notice
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Ottawa, 24 October 1986
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Telecom Public Notice CRTC 1986-64
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CNCP TELECOMMUNICATIONS - APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
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The Application
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The Commission has received an application from CNCP Telecommunications (CNCP), dated 10 September 1986, for orders exempting CNCP from: (a) the requirement to file tariffs for its offerings, subject to the procedures described in the application; and (b) the requirements of Inquiry into Telecommunications Carriers' Costing and Accounting Procedures: Phase III - Costing of Existing Services, Telecom Decision CRTC 85-10, 25 June 1985.
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In its application, CNCP stated that it would undertake to provide the Commission, and those parties who have registered with CNCP for that purpose, with at least 10 days written notice of price changes affecting any CNCP offerings other than terminal equipment or intra-provincial services provided in competition with non-federally regulated carriers. It also stated that, under this proposal, the Commission would continue to possess authority to require CNCP to submit further support for a tariff and, in appropriate cases, to disallow a tariff on either an interim or a permanent basis.
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In support of its proposal, CNCP submitted that it is not a dominant force in any of the markets that it serves. CNCP further submitted that it offers no monopoly services and that the prices it charges for its services are dictated by market forces which ensure that its prices are just and reasonable. CNCP submitted, therefore, that the regulatory regime by which it is governed should reflect the fact that it operates solely in competitive markets and lacks the capacity to dominate any of these markets in a fashion which would allow it to exercise monopoly or quasi-monopoly power.
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CNCP argued that adoption of its proposal is essential if it is to compete effectively with its regulated and unregulated competitors. It argued further that such adoption would significantly reduce the administrative burden on the Commission and CNCP.
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Procedure
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1. The application may be examined at any of CNCP's business offices or at the offices of the
CRTC, Room 201, Central Building, Les Terrasses de la Chaudière, 1 Promenade du Portage,
Hull, Québec, or 700 West Georgia Street, Suite 1130, Vancouver, British Columbia. A copy
of the application may be obtained by any interested person upon request directed to Mr. A.G.
Duncan, Director, Regulatory Matters-General, CNCP Telecommunications, Suite 1200, West
Tower, 3300 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M8X 2W9.
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2. Persons wishing to participate in this proceeding (interveners) must notify the Commission of
their intention to do so by writing to the Secretary General, CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N2,
by 14 November 1986. The Commission will distribute a list of the parties and their mailing
addresses.
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3. CNCP shall file evidence with the Commission in support of its application and serve copies
on interveners by 21 November 1986.
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4. Interveners may address interrogatories to CNCP, with a copy to the Commission, by 10
December 1986.
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5. Responses by CNCP to these interrogatories must be filed with the Commission and served
on interveners by 7 January 1987.
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6. Requests by interveners for further responses to their interrogatories, specifying in each case
why a further response is both relevant and necessary, and requests for public disclosure of
information for which confidentiality has been claimed, setting out the reasons for disclosure,
must be filed with the Commission and served on CNCP by 16 January 1987.
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7. Responses by CNCP to such requests shall be filed with the Commission, with a copy served
on the intervener making the request, by 30 January 1987.
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8. Interveners who made such requests may reply by writing to the Commission, serving a copy
on CNCP, by 6 February 1987.
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9. The Commission will issue a written ruling regarding the adequacy of responses to
interrogatories and regarding confidentiality by 13 February 1987.
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10. Any person wishing to comment on CNCP's application or evidence may do so by writing to
the Commission by 13 March 1987.
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11. Interveners intending to submit evidence at the public hearing must file such evidence with
the Commission, with copies to the other parties, by 13 March 1987.
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12. Parties may address interrogatories concerning evidence filed pursuant to paragraph 11, with
a copy to the Commission, by 3 April 1987.
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13. Responses to these interrogatories must be filed with the Commission and served on the
other parties by 24 April 1987.
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14. Requests by parties for further responses to their interrogatories, specifying in each case why
a further response is both relevant and necessary, and requests for public disclosure of
information for which confidentiality has been claimed, setting out the reasons for disclosure,
must be filed with the Commission and served on the intervener in question by 1 May 1987.
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15. A public hearing is tentatively scheduled to commence on 11 May 1987 in the Conference
Centre, Phase IV, Place du Portage, 140 Promenade du Portage, Hull, Québec. The first item
of business will be to deal with all outstanding preliminary matters, including hearing oral
arguments and replies to requests for further responses and for public disclosure. The
Commission will distribute an agenda in this regard to the parties by 7 May 1987.
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16. It is contemplated that final argument will be in oral form.
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17. All documents referred to in this public notice are to be actually filed and served by the dates
mentioned, not merely mailed by those dates.
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Fernand Bélisle
Secretary General
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