Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the witnesses. I know Mr. Lemire will be back soon. I always enjoy his interventions as well.
I'm glad you finished with the last question. Why is this here at the industry committee? This is the frustrating part for me, having been here for a number of years. This is a regulated industry where we allow criminal activity to basically course its way through. That's the telco sector. None of this would take place, impacting our citizens, without the fact that we have spectrum auctions, we allow access to our infrastructure, and we regulate through the CRTC. All those different aspects provide a vehicle for this activity to take place. I really appreciate the efforts that have taken place, not only here at committee but also over the last number of years to make a difference.
What I'm worried about, and what I'm interested to hear further on in the conversation, is that this is very similar to white-collar crime. It seems to escape the grasp of Parliament Hill here in many respects. We go after the workers and we go after the street criminals, but I'm wondering whether or not there are sufficient laws in place.
I'll give a quick example. We saw Rogers recently drop the 911 access from citizens. We saw from the telco industry, from testimony here, that the telcos were not even working together properly to help each other out to protect 911. I'm wondering whether we should be taking the gloves off with our telcos in some respects to get more power or more improvements in order for the RCMP and other law enforcement to get better co-operation.
I'd like your comments on that, please.