To keep my answer short, I would say that I actually agree with Mr. PĂ©ladeau in that I do believe that the government currently has the tools to intervene and play a forceful role, which is what we see elsewhere in the United States or even in Europe.
I just don't believe that we have seen the bureau act and use these tools. We've worked with the bureau in the past on a few investigations when some grocers were acquiring others, and it became quite clear that the scope of their analysis was incredibly narrow. For example, we worked with the bureau on the Sobeys acquisition of Farm Boy a few years ago, and they never actually looked at how that transaction would impact independents, independent grocers in the GTA area, as an example, or southern Ontario. That became a signal for us that the scope of analysis needed to be adjusted appropriately, depending on what situation you look at.