I believe it would have been helpful, yes. I find it difficult, personally, to rationalize to anyone, including myself, that there are instances in which wage-fixing works in favour of workers or consumers. I think we've seen that franchisees have an interest in being able to intervene in the labour market and that there is a stronger role for the state to play, whether through the Competition Act or, as was said earlier, through labour law, looking at the province. That is something there has been increasing research and activism around—that Canada could take a more holistic, all-of-government approach to achieving the competition outcomes we would like to see. There certainly does seem to be a stronger role for the provinces here.
On May 20th, 2022. See this statement in context.