Rob, 
You say it is reasonable that an investor in a fee based account worth $250,000 pays 1.25% , or $3125 a year ( it is) .
But someone in a commission-based account should pay$10.00/trade. 
But then Is it not true that if an investor in a full-service commission account pays $3125/year  in total commissions, or 1.25%, that is also a reasonable fee? Why should someone in a commission account pay less than a fee based account? 
Also, you have relegated the most important point of these new changes in the fine print at the bottom of your  article, almost in the footnotes, when it should be front and center of your article. The point is this: If your $250,000 investor is invested only in mutual funds that charge a 2% MER and pay a 0.50% trailer, all the client will see on their January statement is the 0.50% that the advisory firm gets , or $1250. What will be missing is that the TOTAL fee they are paying, which  is actually $5,000.  You've downplayed  the most important point.
Why?