Paul Crête at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On February 26th, 2007. See this statement in context.

February 26th, 2007 / 3:45 p.m.

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Paul Crête Bloc Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, QC

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I'd like to hear more about how regions are defined. The order created a new kind of region. The CRTC used to go by local forbearance regions or LFRs, while the ministerial order created local interconnected regions, or LIRs.

Even though your briefs present somewhat different opinions on the substance of this matter, do you favour going with smaller, or larger, regions?

In Quebec alone, there are 102 LIRs, whereas the CRTC relies on 20 LFRs. This is quite a difference, especially when it comes to limiting competition.

I'd like to hear your view on this subject. What is the best approach to ensuring good competition?

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