Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, witnesses, for being here.
I want to begin by stating that I believe three issues are causing our economy to be the least productive among western countries: too much government debt; not enough growth, with low production of goods that the world wants; and a cost of living crisis eating up our paycheques. Our many anti-competitive service industries, with only two or three national companies per industry, contribute to this cost of living crisis, forcing Canadians to pay too much for what they need. This is why we are here today.
Today, Canadians pay some of the highest cellphone and Internet prices in the world, primarily because there is much less competition than there was 10 years ago.
Mr. Dagenais, do you believe that Canadians pay too much for cellphone services?