Industry committee  I think the monetary penalties could play a role there as well, penalizing those companies when they don't do bill dates on time or in the right area because that type of thing is happening all over the place.

Industry committee  I think it goes back to my earlier point with regard to opening the networks. We've talked to local businesses in communities in several areas across the country. They say that if they had access to that network, they would build the next part and would make sure that our communi

Industry committee  I like the option that Nordicity has put forward, which is reverse auctions, having a totally open process and letting the bidders put their proposals forward in a more open way without limitations. I think that's one option. Also, I think giving more outreach...because when I ta

Industry committee  No, it will not. This bill will not address at all that start-up in Toronto I mentioned, and a range of others. I'm skeptical that the CRTC process will go that far.

Industry committee  I think some investment has definitely been scared off. Not recently, but for a couple of years there was definitely an incoherent approach to government policy in this area. I think that the independent providers were assured they would have the cost-based roaming, the tower-sha

Industry committee  I think the government is on the right track. However, I would say that the investment in infrastructure that you mentioned was a bit of a letdown. If we're looking at other countries around the world, we should be investing the full proceeds of the wireless spectrum, the $4 bill

Industry committee  Well, we have less competition now than we had a year ago, but I appreciate the historical and the more recent actions. I think there was kind of an area in between where there was a lack of action. I'm not sure that rates have dropped; I think that's a contested figure. So—

Industry committee  The big three control 90% of the market, and I'm not sure that the measures we're talking about today—or what the CRTC is doing—are going to be bold enough to undo the years of regulatory coddling that have led to this point. So I—

Industry committee  Yes, this is a good segue into what I was just talking about. Personally, I'm skeptical that we've gone far enough with these measures. We'll have to see what the CRTC process leads to. I think what the government should consider is a policy directive, calling on the CRTC to ope

Industry committee  Absolutely. I've talked with the people at Ting and with other providers who have said that they have written and actually have asked Bell, Rogers, and Telus if they could come to market. But they've just said, “No, we're not giving you access.” So absolutely, there would be a ra

Industry committee  I'll add one thing, which would be to give the CRTC monetary penalty powers, because right now if people break these rules we're talking about, there's no financial cost to it.

Industry committee  In Manitoba, the services are generally getting more positive reviews and the prices are generally lower. But I think I would like to insert a little caveat into what John and Geoff were saying in that I think Industry Canada and CRTC are moving in the right direction. These st

Industry committee  I think in terms of having new players and lowering prices, if you look at Saskatchewan or Manitoba, they pay a decent amount less than the rest of the country, and I think that's a good window into having a fourth player. If we enable the range of start-ups, we could have much l

Industry committee  I agree with John on those. I also think that phone locking is another issue. The CRTC has put forward its code, which remedies that to some degree, but I think it could use a bit more work.

Industry committee  I think if we remove the barriers fully.... One thing I didn't get to is that I think we need to ensure that companies like Ting, the Toronto company, and many others that will come to market can get access to that infrastructure. What the CRTC is doing won't necessarily get us t