Mr. Chair, you're really looking at a contradiction in terms. We state in paragraph 5(a) that “competition and market forces...are the prime agents”. It's a clear statement of direction. You completely take away the effect of that when you inject the words “if possible”.
It's unnecessary because it's only one of five different strategies that are enumerated as paragraphs here. Some of those have already been highlighted by others, which would address the balance.
We're not saying competition and market forces are the only way to provide transportation services in Canada; however, it is the prime way that we would like to deliver them. It's a statement. If you add the words “if possible”, you're then taking away from the statement, basically rendering that particular paragraph ineffective, and it means nothing.