Bev Shipley at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On February 19th, 2007. See this statement in context.

February 19th, 2007 / 5:05 p.m.

Conservative

Bev Shipley Conservative Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, ON

Thank you again, Mr. Minister.

I have just a couple of quick ones, actually. As we know, local phones are the only part of telecommunications that are still regulated.

A little earlier I touched on long distance deregulation, which happened many years ago--a little bit of background. I'm wondering if you can help us with that transition and how that benefited Canadians.

Then, why do you feel so strongly regarding this reform, about the benefits that will be similar to long distance deregulation? If you could give a couple of comments, that would be appreciated.

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