Ladies and gentlemen, colleagues, I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 52 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, the committee is meeting to study the proposed acquisition of Shaw by Rogers.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House Order of Thursday, June 23, 2022.
Members attending remotely can participate using the “raise hand” function. For those in Ottawa, it's a pleasure to see them again at the beginning of the year.
In this first hour of the meeting, joining us from the Competition Bureau, we have Jeanne Pratt, senior deputy commissioner of the Mergers and Monopolistic Practices Branch, and Anthony Durocher, deputy commissioner of the Competition Promotion Branch. From the Department of Industry, we have Éric Dagenais, assistant deputy minister of Spectrum, Information Technologies and Telecommunications, and Mark Schaan, senior assistant deputy minister of Strategy and Innovation Policy Sector.
I'd like to thank all four of you for being with us in person.
Without further ado, I'll give the floor to Jeanne Pratt of the Competition Bureau for five minutes.