We recieved a notice with our phone bill about Telus's intention to

raise our rates to provide service in areas that there is no service.

This notice came only a few days prior to the Sept 20 cut off, which

would indicate to me that Telus does not want us to comment, so they

sent out the notice just prior to the deadline. I am certain they were

aware that notification was required at a much earlier date. (It came

with the phone bill that typically comes between the 14th and the 20th

of each month.)

We are not in faver of the application at all. We believe that if we

are forced to fund a telephone companie's capital venture that we should

also recieve a share of the profits. If there is a market that the

phone company wants to reach, they should fund the capital expenditure

out of their PROFITS. This is supposed to be a privatized company and

they should not be allowed to dip into our pockets to fund expansions.

IF this is a benevolent move to help a community then funding should

come from another source that also wishes to be benevolent to this

community or from the profits of current operations. IF there are no

profits then this company is not competitive or not truly privatized.

This increase is a tax. Companies are not allowed to tax citizens and I

don't think the CRTC should allow them to tax citizens.

Sincerely

Marnie Jamieson