Mr. Chair, I have one question, in addition to that.
It's more of an instruction and perhaps advice to some of our witnesses. I take it from Madame Dagenais and others that they've already made a decision with respect to whether this constitutes potentially an area that would allow the Competition Bureau to examine further.
I'm a little concerned, though, about the terms and conditions of conversion from the refinery to a terminal, which could have the effect of freezing out non-branded players, could have the impact of shutting down the entire energy supply to places such as Nunavut, could have an impact on price to consumers, could make us potentially more vulnerable without the concomitant power of investigation or oversight with respect to who owns the terminals and the pipelines.
I'm concerned about the lockstep pricing in a number of major cities across Canada, 2% to 4% above world price in most of those cities for the cost of fuel.
All of this is to suggest that I want the bureau to tell me here and now if market restriction, refusal to deal, or any one of those requests made will be taken seriously, or is it a foregone conclusion?
If it is a foregone conclusion—and bear in mind that I've been around this issue for some time—in 1986 the then Conservative government under Mr. Mulroney decided that they were going to invite McMillan Binch to rewrite the Competition Act. That would be McMillan Binch whose main client was Imperial Oil. If that is the case....
Sorry, Mr. Chair, I want to go to my question.