Yes. I'll just add that when the CRTC commissioner was here last week, he correctly pointed out that the telecommunications regulator really has no input into a change in ownership or a merger in this case, which strikes me as being pretty strange. We have the Competition Bureau saying they don't have the resources to assess after the fact. We have the CRTC saying that we check to make sure that the merging parties come out as Canadian, but beyond that we just look at TV licences.
You have the industry saying let's go, go, go. This is hear no evil, see no evil, do no evil. But consumers know that there is something wrong with this, and I think it's Parliament's place to look at this particular issue. I think one place to start would be with this presumption. If I could just quickly read from this, the Competition Bureau's page on mergers, it says, “Mergers are generally viewed as a positive way to increase competitiveness, allowing Canadians to benefit from lower prices, better product choice and higher quality services.” It says further, “All parties contemplating business mergers are strongly encouraged to contact the Bureau at the earliest opportunity, or before submitting a notification filing.”
The idea that we have a CRTC that does not look at this, a Competition Bureau that cannot assess whether its policies are successful or not, and an industry that's gung-ho on mergers, just reeks to high heaven to me.