I have to say I'm not here as an advocate of investigating the oil companies. I understand your position on this. We're not an organization that has delved deeply into that issue, and I don't want to disparage positions on it, but I don't approach this as an opportunity for an inquiry into the oil companies.
But yes, as a matter of fact, when Deputy Commissioner Taylor attended before the INDU committee, he indicated in his testimony:
Yes, I'm familiar with a number of the actual studies that have been undertaken.
In the U.K. a few years ago, the price for cars in the U.K. was considerably higher than it was on the continent, and there was concern about that price differential, given that they're in a common market. They analyzed that particular trend. They confirmed the trend and they looked to the possible reasons why, and they felt it was generally a systemic low level of competition among dealerships. So they took action to actually allow dealers to carry more than one line of cars. With that activity, prices for cars came back in line with the European level within about three years.
They did a similar thing with the breweries and the vertical integration between the breweries that owned all the pubs in England, and they did take action. They again observed a problem. Whether it led to lower prices for beer, I don't know. I can tell you there is action taken. These studies aren't just filed on a shelf to collect dust.