Bev Shipley at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On February 12th, 2007. See this statement in context.

February 12th, 2007 / 4:20 p.m.

Conservative

Bev Shipley Conservative Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, ON

Thank you, Mr. Chairman; and thank you, Mr. Intven, for coming today.

You mentioned in your presentation that Canada had a strong market not because of the mandated wholesale access policies, but because of the competition from facilities-based cable companies. Do we need a strong and expandable mandated access regime to encourage more competition?

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