Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, both of you, for appearing before our committee.
Ever since this committee embarked on this study at the end of 2022, there has been a flurry of activity. We have seen several pieces of legislation. We've seen your bureau act. There has been a tremendous amount of public and political interest in this issue.
After decades of far too much corporate deference from successive governments, both Liberal and Conservative, I think the pendulum is finally swinging the other way. That's a good thing for consumers.
You are from the competition promotion part of the Competition Bureau. My colleagues have outlined how three companies, in a sense, over the last number of years have swallowed up their competition. You just need to look at all of their subsidiary companies. Many of those used to be their competitors.
I'm wondering what the challenges are for you in this kind of environment to promote competition when we've had such a concentration over the years. We've all seen the direction it's taken.
How do you promote competition in the grocery sector with those realities having happened?