I understand that, Mr. Taylor. I just happen to disagree with that dominance part. I don't want to belabour it because we're running out of time.
Large wholesalers continually—and I know for a fact—blacklist any supplier who will sell to an independent grocer. They do. They blacklist them, make sure none of the big ones buy from them, and basically starve them out. I can give you examples, but I don't want to waste time on that.
Another thing they do is not allow independent stores or even their member stores to sell provincial beef, and in Ontario we have one of the highest food inspection regulations, I think, compared to nearly any province in the country. It's certainly close, if not at the top. Yet they won't allow them to.
What I think of that, and you tell me if I'm wrong, is that it's just basically another way to have control—i.e., a monopoly. Do you have any comments on that?
