Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for being here.
I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting 53 of the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology of the House of Commons.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, the committee is meeting this afternoon to study the proposed acquisition of Shaw by Rogers. Today's meeting is taking place in hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of June 23, 2022.
For the first hour of our hearings this afternoon, we will have the opportunity to hear from a number of witnesses both in person and virtually.
We have Mr. Iacobucci, a professor with the University of Toronto's faculty of law, appearing as an individual. Thanks for being with us, Mr. Iacobucci.
We have Ben Klass, Ph.D. candidate at Carleton University and senior research associate at the Canadian Media Concentration Research Project.
From Globalive Inc., we have Anthony Lacavera, chairman. Thanks for being with us in person here in Ottawa.
Also from Globalive we have Simon Lockie.
From TekSavvy Solutions Inc., we have Andy Kaplan-Myrth, vice-president, regulatory and carrier affairs, and Jessica Rutledge, regulatory counsel. Both are with us virtually.
Thanks for being here, everyone. Without further ado, we will start the first testimony with Mr. Iacobucci.
The floor is yours for five minutes.