Allow me to use a popular expression used by another politician and say, “we'll see.” Our words aren't necessarily as peremptory. The processes are extremely complicated, lengthy and tedious, and anything goes in blocking access to the poles, unfortunately.
The good news is that the Premier of Quebec rose in the National Assembly—in the blue room—to question the president of Bell Canada a few months ago. I can honestly tell you that it isn't often that a business leader is questioned in this way by parliamentarians. That was tantamount to admitting the existence of such a practice. Did this challenge ultimately change the thinking of Bell Canada's management? We hope so. However, at this time, it's too early to conclude that it has.
As I mentioned, we want to invest, and we will continue to do so, to provide high-speed Internet service—a service that has become essential—for all Canadians, and particularly to Quebeckers. We are committed to that goal. We have been, and we will continue to be.
There are currently no sanctions. Bell Canada reigns supreme because this company owns its infrastructures. In this regard, the regulator is only able to tell it that the company should do what's necessary for competition to provide services, but that doesn't work.
Bell Canada has always done so and, sad to say, the mentality of a kind of monopolistic culture is deeply rooted at Bell. Until proven otherwise, we can't conclude today that things will change to take a diametrically opposite direction.