As I mentioned earlier, the Competition Bureau has an important role to play. It must ensure that we have dynamic and competitive industries all across Canada. The Competition Bureau will fulfill its role in the telecommunications industry just as it did, with great success, in the transportation industry when it was deregulated. The Competition Bureau played an important role. At the time, the government had given it the power to impose monetary penalties on any players that did not comply with the Competition Act, that engaged in anti-competitive behaviour or abused their dominant position.
It is our hope that the Competition Bureau will have the same powers in the telecommunications industry. That is why we have tabled Bill C-41, which takes its inspiration from a bill tabled by the previous government that confers the same powers on the Competition Bureau. So, it is our hope that this legislation can be passed as quickly as possible, in order to afford greater protection to consumers in deregulated industries.