Welcome to the officials. We appreciate your being here.
This is a difficult process for us, because what we're discussing here are elements of the omnibus budget implementation act, which are really before the finance committee, and we don't have the ability here to vote on any of these proposals. So we're going through an odd process here, to review these changes in the bill, but we have no power to amend or to vote on the outcome of any of this.
Nevertheless, we do have some questions for you. We want to take advantage of your being here, and appreciate your time today.
In the NDP we've felt for some time that we should crack down on these wholesale roaming fees. These have been agreements the companies have negotiated between each other. Do you think this has been a barrier for smaller carriers entering into the Canadian market, that this is something that's been wholly in the control of the telecoms?