Thank you, Madam Chair.
I want to thank the witnesses for being with us today on this call to answer questions.
My first question will go to Mr. Boswell.
In general, I think all witnesses who have come and testified for this study so far have said that this merger would definitely not be good for competition, except of course those for Shaw and Rogers themselves. Everyone else has said that this merger wouldn't necessarily be good for competition.
You have stated today that while you're not really able to specifically speak to the case at hand, many of the factors contributing to whether or not this merger would decrease competition are being looked into and considered. I'm hoping that this is a good thing for Canadians.
Let's just say that a merger—not this one—was not approved by you. What would companies be able to do to bypass this? Are you the one who makes the final decision?
You also said that if it were accepted.... I think I misunderstood a bit of your testimony earlier, but you said that if someone were to receive the approval, you could take it to the Competition Tribunal and they would be able to counter this.
Can you explain further and in more detail how that works?