Minister, I asked you how we could restore consumer confidence. We know that gas prices at the pump are different from one corner to the next. How can we ensure that people are confident that, if action is taken to deregulate the telecommunications market, someone will be checking to see whether there is collusion?
I'm going to try and give you an example. Imagine a rural area where both Vidéotron and Bell Canada provide service. We know that a third player is needed for there to be competition. If, in that area, nobody wants to invest, that may allow Bell and Vidéotron to choose a competitor and let it use their lines or wires, so that it can become the third player. We also heard that the Competition Bureau can determine that there is competition even if two companies have 95 per cent of the market and another one has only 5 per cent.
Will it be possible for two major companies to decide to allow a small competitor to use their lines and say that there is healthy competition, even if it only has 2 or 3 per cent of the market? It seems to me that's cheating in a way.