Right now the Competition Bureau is the investigator. Criminal cases are referred to the crown for prosecution and civil cases to the Competition Tribunal for a decision in the litigated matter. It is one of the aspects of Bill C-452 that is unclear. Even if we were to conduct a study, what's next in terms of that result? There are some concerns because of confidentiality that we may not be able to release anything because our inquiries are conducted in private, as subsection 10(3) indicates. And we have section 29 of our Competition Act, which dictates that the information we collect, and specifically information we collect using formal powers, is confidential. It would put a limit on that.
On December 9th, 2010. See this statement in context.