The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition that the CRTC should ban TV providers from removing bundling discounts from customers who opt for mandated, cut-rate, basic TV service, consumer groups told hearings Thursday. A Canadian Press dispatch to The Globe says the call came as both the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the CRTC revealed they had been "threatened" by at least two service providers over information posted on-line that was designed to aid consumers in finding better TV services. Removing bundling discounts amounts to discrimination and runs contrary to the intent of new rules designed to provide consumers with greater choice and flexibility in buying TV services, said PIAC executive director John Lawford. As Mr. Lawford was testifying, CRTC chairman Jean Pierre Blais questioned why PIAC had removed a page from its website which had offered consumers comparisons of cable and satellite TV services. "We were threatened with ... not a lawsuit. It didn't get that far," Mr. Lawford told the panel. Mr. Blais responded that the CRTC had received similar letters and suggested that he would welcome legal action over the matter. "If they want to sue us, make my day," he said.