Thank you.
Ms. Quaid, one of the things we are really challenged by with the business operations we're dealing with here today is that many other small, medium and, of course, large businesses and public institutions—we've seen this even during the pandemic—are quite tied to the costs and the servicing. We've had testimony in the past at these hearings that even places like Mississauga, which is in the skilled development of tool and die mould-making, aerospace and so forth, couldn't get high Internet access speeds to their locations just outside the Toronto area, the GTA.
What obligation does the minister have to balance this out? There is a whole series of economic productivity issues at stake here, and we're baking in extra costs, I would argue, as we continue to do these types of mergers.
Do you have an opinion on what balance the minister has for all the other susceptible costs that businesses have from decisions over competition?