Thank you, Mr. Chair. You were looking the other way. I thought you had tricked me there for a minute.
Thank you for coming this morning.
I'm going to make an initial comment. All three of you are lawyers. Is that not correct? You're all members of the bar? And as we know, not all lawyers agree, and that's how they make their living.
My initial point, which I've been trying to make everywhere I can, is that in my view this is a one-line, one-word...it's basically a word-change bill. It's an inappropriate way to do law in this country.
Obviously, based on the issues that you've brought forward, based on issues that we've heard at the last committee meeting, to have a complete review of the Competition Act in areas—my colleague here, Mr. Lake, just indicated that there may be some amendments needed.... That work gets done if an appropriate legal document comes forward after lots of consultation and a review of how legal it is and of its wording and of what section fits which section, and so on. These private members' bills with one-word lines are problematic, in my view, and I don't think they are good law-making in this country.
That is my initial point. I have three points to make.
My second point is this. I think, Mr. Janigan, you said that you trust the commissioner's judgment. Is that correct?
The commissioner's representatives were here last meeting, and they indicated that they don't need this clause. It's not a power they need. They have the authority to do....
Do you trust that judgment in this case?