Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, witnesses, for finally coming.
I'm going to start with a general comment to both Bell and Rogers. You operate businesses that are privileged. You operate on airwaves granted to you and owned by Canadian taxpayers. You are protected by the Canadian government. In exchange for that, we expect a bit of responsibility, not the least of which is to show up to committee when you are asked to come.
Mr. Staffieri, you had five weeks' notice to come to this committee, yet you chose in a few hours, a day or two beforehand, not to come. I would have expected, after all of this, to see you here in person today.
Why aren't you here in person?