Telecom - Staff Letter addressed to Bryan Champagne (Cooptel, telecommunications cooperative)
Gatineau, 23 July 2026
Our reference: 8740-C41-202602060
BY EMAIL
Bryan Champagne
IT Director and Service Network Development and Maintenance
Cooptel, telecommunications cooperative
5521 Aéroport Road
Valcourt QC J0E 2L0
bchampagne@cooptel.coop
Subject: Cooptel, telecommunications cooperative Tariff Notice 97 – Modification of Seasonal service – Rate and charges – Request for information
Dear Bryan Champagne:
The Commission received an application from Cooptel, telecommunications cooperative (Cooptel), dated 15 May 2026, in which Cooptel proposed changes to section 2.9.2.1, Seasonal service ‒ Rate and charges of its General Tariff, CRTC 25160.
Commission staff notes that additional information is required to proceed with its analysis.
Paragraph 28(1)(a) of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure provides that the Commission may require parties to file information or documents where needed.
Accordingly, Cooptel is requested to provide a comprehensive answer, including rationale and any supporting information, to the question below by 20 August 2026.
As set out in section 39 of the Telecommunications Act (the Act) and in Broadcasting and Telecom Information Bulletin CRTC 2010-961, Procedures for filing confidential information and requesting its disclosure in Commission proceedings, persons may designate certain information as confidential. A person designating information as confidential must provide a detailed explanation on why the relevant information qualifies for designation as confidential and why its disclosure would not be in the public interest, including why the specific direct harm that would be likely to result from the disclosure would outweigh the public interest in disclosure.
Furthermore, a person designating information as confidential must either file an abridged version of the document omitting only the information designated as confidential or provide reasons why an abridged version cannot be filed.
Where a document is to be filed or served by a specific date, the document must be actually received, not merely sent, by that date. The Commission requires the response or other documents to be submitted electronically by using the secured service “My CRTC Account” (Partner Log In or GCKey) and filling in the “Telecom Cover page” located on that web page.
To inform the participation of interested persons in the proceeding, Commission staff expects Cooptel to disclose information on the public record to the maximum extent possible.
A copy of this letter and all subsequent replies will be added to the public record of this proceeding.
Yours sincerely,
Original signed by
Suneil Kanjeekal
Director, Dispute Resolution and Regulatory Implementation
Telecommunications Sector
c.c.: Aouled-Nasteh Djama, Analyst, CRTC, 873-353-6239, aouled-nasteh.djama@crtc.gc.ca
Attach. (1)
Request for Information
In its application, Cooptel proposed to implement a rate decrease that will lower the cost of each reserved number for the Seasonal service. Specifically, Cooptel proposed a rate of $10 per month for individual residential or business line service. The rate for the Seasonal service was previously 50% of Cooptel’s regular individual residential or business line rate.
The Commission requires a price floor test when certain rate reductions to existing services are proposed.Footnote1 Please provide price floor test results to demonstrate that the new proposed rate is not lower than Cooptel’s costs of providing the service.
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