Thank you. In 2008 the competition policy review panel talked about the need for liberalization. They did so because it helps Canadian firms develop strategic global relationships and partnerships, it helps them participate more fully in foreign markets where foreign capital is found and not only Canadian capital, and generally it helps our industries become more competitive when we have that liberalizing trend.
What our Speech from the Throne indicated is that we're pursuing that, for the purposes of this committee, in two sectors: the satellite sector and the telecommunications sector. The satellite sector is being fast-tracked through the budget because it's fairly straightforward. The telecom sector, as I have indicated to my friends who stare at us across the way in the House of Commons, will require some input into the scope of this.
We're clearly not talking about broadcasting, for instance; we're talking about telecom. So how do we, in integrated companies, talk about liberalizing one while the other one is not liberalized? There are these issues that are more than technical, that are quite substantive, which will have to be dealt with in public consultations.