One of the concerns of the New Democratic Party is that we feel there aren't enough tools in the tool box. That was one of the reasons we wanted to amend the Telecommunications Act: we don't believe subsection 27(2) and section 36 give enough tools to ensure there's no monkeying around with content.
We believe the issue of net neutrality is becoming more important. We have Rogers On Demand. We have Vidéotron and Quebecor as basically one entity now. Shaw runs its own television station. Bell is running its television station. They have small third-party ISPs who are very concerned about usage billing and whether they're going to be snuffed out by anti-competitive practices. We don't have very many players in this market in terms of ISPs, in terms of phone operations. They are the same people who are now controlling much of the content.
We feel we need very clear rules to ensure, number one, that the Internet continues to develop, and number two, that there are no anti-competitive practices. I'm interested in your recommendation for administrative monetary penalties. We've gone through this a few times in the past with Shaw and Vidéotron in particular, and it appears to us that unless we have some enforcement measures, we can be in a situation in which you can say what you want and we can say we want, but it would be very clearly anti-competitive. Frankly, actions contrary to the rules of the Telecommunications Act can be flaunted.
What would you suggest in terms of making these administrative monetary penalties come into law, and how would you see them being utilized?