Denis Marquis President, Bell Pensioners' Group 1914, rue Cugnet Saint-Bruno de Montarville QC J3V 5H6 Tel.: 450 441-0111 Email:
[email protected] January 22, 2020 Director General, Telecommunications and Internet Policy Branch, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, 235 Queen Street, 10th Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H5 Sent via e-mail to:
[email protected] Subject: Canada Gazette, Part I, December 14, 2019, Volume 153, Number 10, Notice No. TIPB-002-2019 — Petitions to the Governor in Council concerning Telecom Order CRTC 2019-288 Dear Madam: Attached please find a submission by the Bell Pensioners’ Group (BPG) concerning the above- noted matter. Yours truly, Denis Marquis President, Bell Pensioners’ Group www.bellpensionersgroup.ca Attachment c.c: Hon. Navdeep Bains, P.C., M.P., Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
[email protected] Hon. Deb Schulte, P.C., M.P., Minister of Seniors
[email protected] Attachment Canada Gazette, Part I, December 14, 2019, Volume 153, Number 10, Notice No. TIPB-002-2019 — Petitions to the Governor in Council concerning Telecom Order CRTC 2019-288 Comments of the Bell Pensioners’ Group In accordance with Gazette Notice No. TIPB-002-2019, the Bell Pensioners’ Group (BPG) is pleased to provide this submission in support of a petition to the Governor in Council by Bell Canada seeking a variation of a decision issued by the Canadian Radio-television and Tele- communications Commission (CRTC) concerning final rates for aggregated wholesale high- speed internet access services. This CRTC decision requires that facilities-based competitors like Bell Canada (Bell) allow use of their state-of-the-art communications networks by resale- based competitors at substantially reduced prices that are, in the case of Bell, below its costs incurred to build those networks.