Right.
So collaboration consists of announcing a policy and hoping that the provinces will feel obliged to follow the federal government's measure.
My next question is about the Competition Act.
My colleague Mr. Ste-Marie asked a topical question earlier. The Minister's hypothesis is correct in many markets: if there is more competition, the people who raise their prices too much will leave the market. That is the competition effect.
However, in a place like Louvicourt, in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in Lebel-sur-Quévillon, or on the highways in the Gaspé, there is sometimes only one service station, so there is a natural monopoly. If there are two competitors, both of them will go bankrupt, because there are fixed costs for operating a business.
In those situations, we have a business that exercises monopoly power naturally and will have the opportunity, under the scheme you are proposing, to raise its prices. The bill proposed by Mr. Singh sought precisely to limit price increases in this type of situation.
Why was it decided to do nothing for people outside urban areas who live in these situations?