If I could address that, Mr. Masse, to what end and to what purpose? As I was saying before, I'm sure you've had the opportunity to look this over. They did a really good job; for ten months all they did was listen to witnesses and come up with what we think is a very good report. This is a report that was started by the Liberal government. Respectfully, they did all the hard work. They did the grunt work back in 2003; there were recommendations. Allan Rock at the time said, “The government is firmly committed to fostering the long-term health of the telecommunications sector, which is a key driver of innovation in Canada. This requires both a regulatory environment that is conducive to competition and adequate access to capital.”
I want to move forward to find out exactly what the intention is. To debate it for three hours in the House, without any further information--If the intent is to listen to more witnesses, we could be agreeable to that, but the Liberal Party was there. We're just trying to implement what you're doing. We're open to listening to more witnesses, but I really don't want to waste three hours of House time. It is very important to debate this in the House, but I'm saying, Mr. Masse, what is the point of doing it now without even having the opportunity to bring the witnesses, which is apparently what the motion is all about--we want to listen to more witnesses? It's a waste of time for the House of Commons. Three hours in the House of Commons is very expensive time for the Canadian taxpayer, and if nothing new is going to come out of it, why bother doing it?