I like your answer, Mr. Taylor, because I did it in the case of gasoline. I telephoned the Competition Bureau to request an investigation. In response, I was asked whether I had any convincing, significant evidence so that the bureau could conduct an investigation. No. If I had significant evidence, I wouldn't go to the Competition Bureau. I would go to the police station, sir.
So I would like to know what actual power you have at the Competition Bureau to trigger an investigation. Do you need something decisive or can you simply conduct an investigation into a complaint?
In my riding, I asked about 10 constituents to phone the Competition Bureau to ask it to conduct an investigation into gasoline prices. However, the answers that I received from my constituents in response to those calls were that the bureau couldn't conduct an investigation because there wasn't any evidence.
Could you tell me how we can trigger an investigation if we don't have any evidence? As citizens, we think it's up to the Competition Bureau to conduct those investigations, not to us.