Thank you. I appreciate that. We'll follow up.
Telephone and Internet service is an essential service for Canadians. I think the departure we have here is that I believe everybody should be treated the same, especially since it's a public service. As Mr. Perkins noted at the beginning of this meeting, the public spectrum is auctioned off and used for this company's privilege. They get safe harbour from foreign investments and foreign competition. At the same time, we are sanctioning, as legislators, an abuse practice through the back door—letting Canadians be treated differently, depending on the corporate boardroom influence they have. Ethically, I have a problem with that, because I represent persons with disabilities, seniors and all kinds of different people who don't have the same strength, in terms of support in their life, to fight through this process.
I think that's something serious for this committee to really engage in, because we are sanctioning an abuse and a predatory practice against the Canadian public. These airwaves we own—the spectrum—are the public's, so it's not fair for these people to be treated differently by these companies.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.