Industry committee  That's what the legislation does address. The legislation would cap those wholesale roaming rates. So in terms of—

Industry committee  The legislation imposes a cap. It says in the legislation that this clause would come into force on royal assent. As of that date, that would be the amount that would be the cap under law.

Industry committee  Once it receives royal asset, that cap would be in place.

Industry committee  What triggered this, or the CRTC's review?

Industry committee  You may have heard about the CRTC's wireless code. In December of last year, the CRTC implemented a mandatory code of conduct for wireless services. In that code, providers must suspend national and international data roaming charges and services when these reach $100 per month,

Industry committee  In that case, because these are company-to-company arrangements, we talked about the example of a client of company A roaming in an area of company B. Those two companies have an agreement with respect to what company A will charge company B for the customer being there. The legi

Industry committee  The legislation addresses the wholesale roaming rates between carriers. It doesn't address retail roaming rates.

Industry committee  In terms of the enforcement, first of all, the section adds this new cap that's in the section, to subsection 27(3) of the Telecommunications Act. This section gives the CRTC the power to enforce the section, as well as other sections. Subsection 27(3), right now, applies to othe

Industry committee  I'll let Pam speak.

Industry committee  The formula is a metric of the average retail rate of the providing company. It's a function of the revenues that the provider gets from the services. The three services that are covered by this section are: wireless voice, wireless data, and wireless text services. For a compan

Industry committee  We don't have data on the incremental costs of—

Industry committee  Do you mean in terms of the amount that they're billing the other company or their own clients?

Industry committee  In terms of what they charge their own customers, obviously that's a function of competitive dynamics in the marketplace. In terms of what they charge other companies, that's also a function of—

Industry committee  As Pam said, the Competition Bureau indicated in their submission to the CRTC that—I'll read you exactly what they said because it's relevant to your question.

Industry committee  In their submission to the CRTC the bureau stated: The terms of such roaming agreements— —that is, what they're charging the other company for their customers to be there in that area— —are a strategic tool that incumbents can use to protect their market power. Furthermor