Consider the Federal Trade Commission in the U.S., the counterpart to our Competition Bureau. It regularly examines whether American consumers have access to products in a marketplace of healthy competition.
The best example out there right now is Kroger's bid to acquire Albertsons, a relatively minor grocery chain in the U.S. The Federal Trade Commission is asking a whole lot of questions about how American consumers will be ensured access to competitively priced groceries in an environment where grocers can't take advantage of industry concentration.
I think we should apply similar logic here, with a like-minded approach.