Finance committee  Yes, we support putting aside spectrum for public safety. I think there are still issues around how it's going to get deployed in an efficient and effective way, but certainly the notion of having the spectrum there to enable that support is something we support.

Finance committee  I could say it's the opposite of what he said. The best-case scenario is that you create an ongoing, vibrant, competitive environment in the wireless industry in Canada. Mr. Bibic's bogeyman of AT&T coming into Canada isn't bad for Canadian consumers. First of all, AT&amp

Finance committee  Yes. The challenge in trying to support services in rural areas, as we've been discussing, is that you have to have the capital to build out, and you have to have access to adequate spectrum that allows you to efficiently serve those areas. Bell and others have been able to do so

Finance committee  There are two issues around getting to any of these rural areas. One is having the capital to build out the network and make the investment, and the second is having the spectrum. Mr. Bibic keeps talking about how they rolled out HSPA to 94%. They did so on spectrum that Bell r

Finance committee  It's a completely meaningless change to the existing set of rules. It would have no effect on the ability to raise capital—

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and honourable members. I'll try to be relatively brief. We're here to support the changes to the legislation that are in Bill C-38. Capital is critical to building a new wireless company in Canada, as Mr. Wong just said. I can agree with most of what h