Thank you, Mr. Chair.
As you know, Mr. Durocher, the committee had previously met with the grocery CEOs, and we recently met with them again. The first time they were here, we knew that you were doing a study on the retail grocery market. I asked them to formally commit to providing the bureau with certain information, and they all said they would hand it over. You can understand my great disappointment when I read in your report that, in many cases, the bureau was unable to obtain detailed and comprehensive financial data despite its repeated requests.
You probably can't tell me which grocers failed to send you the information, but, when they were here again, I had quite the time reminding them of the commitment they had made to send you the data. I pointed out that, according to your report, not all of them provided the data, so I asked each of them whether they had done so. Funnily enough, they all said they had.
Can you give us more information on that? Can you tell us which grocers did not send you the data? I have my suspicions, since some of them aren't in favour of a grocery code of conduct, and that makes me leery. Otherwise, what kind of information did they refuse to provide? Under the new act, will they have to provide you with the information the next time you ask?