Industry committee  No, there are no situations in the current Competition Act that would give such complete discretion to the Commissioner of Competition.

Industry committee  That's absolutely correct.

Industry committee  That's correct. Parliament is supposed to set out the parameters giving the Governor in Council the power to make regulations under a specific provision. As my colleague pointed out, in section 24 there are powers only in relation to sections 11 through 19 of the Competition Act,

Industry committee  That's correct. And again, the act should set out those parameters, giving meaning to the words “grounds exist”. Currently in the bill as drafted there are no parameters to define and give meaning to the word “grounds”.

Industry committee  In addition, if we went into an inquiry on regulated activities or a particular industry, that could raise constitutional concerns.