I could try--putting the salary issue aside--to speak to what it is the Competition Act does and the mechanics of how that works. I can't talk to the specific situation in potash and the various other facts that you addressed in the question.
It's important, I think, for people to recognize that high prices, in and of themselves, are not contrary to the Competition Act. I understand that high prices are a concern for Canadians, and should be a concern for Canadians, but it's important to note that businesses are generally free to set their own prices at whatever level the market will bear.
Where the Competition Bureau has a concern, though, and where the act has application, is where those high prices are a result of a contravention of the act, such as price-fixing among competitors. Part of the reforms that were recently introduced under Bill C-10 would provide a more effective mechanism for addressing these most egregious forms of cartel agreements, such as price-fixing agreements between firms, whether they take place within Canada's borders or outside, and have an impact on Canada.
I would suggest that at least a partial answer to your question is that to the extent that such high prices are as a result of a contravention of the act in the form of a price-fixing agreement between competing firms, we have, through the amendments introduced recently under Bill C-10, an effective provision to address those forms of cartel agreements.