I think that citizens expect the Competition Bureau to be able to do an adequate job. An adequate job means two things to me. Moreover, he clearly mentioned that several times during his appearance.
First of all, a complaint must be launched, but the person calling in must be asked more questions. Does the complainant have the information required to undertake the investigation, in other words, does he have something concrete? Let's look at the example of the price of gas. Imagine a retailer calling you to say that someone has asked him to change his price at the pump. That would be concrete. The Competition Bureau would therefore have something serious enough to take to a judge and to investigate on this issue, but at present, he cannot initiate an investigation himself.
What powers are set out in Bill C-452? As Mr. Bilodeau said earlier, there is a shortage of funding and resources. Why don't they want additional investigation powers when that's what is lacking? How will they be able to do the job without money and resources? That's where the problem lies.
I think he did a good job of explaining it earlier. The culminating point when we examine bills, the question that is always asked at committee meetings is if that is done elsewhere. Is that done in other countries. It was in place before but no longer is. What more can we do? With these powers, we could save even more money because investigations could be undertaken immediately without there having to be an in-depth analysis and a judge involved.