Thank you, Mr. Iacono.
Your question is very relevant. You are right to bring this up. As I said in my presentation, having a telecommunications network has become necessary to ensuring the productivity of a country's industry.
Let's take Germany for example, which has actually said a number of times that it had to take initiatives in that respect and reinvest in its telecommunications networks, especially in terms of Internet access. Historically, we have seen how much Germans can focus on their industry and their productivity.
That illustrates how necessary it is for governments to understand this and to ensure that we maintain a dominant position internationally, for the benefit of the entire country and, more specifically, of industry players and stakeholders.
That said, once again, we have inherited a landscape that has been a monopoly for a long time. So you, as political decision–makers, must ensure to implement the necessary tools to broaden competition as much as possible, for Canadians' benefit, as competition is what enables innovation.
Unfortunately, old monopolies are all too often dedicated to remaining in a monopoly. That is why it is your responsibility to break up monopolies and implement the measures needed for competition to exist and prosper, once again, for the benefit of Canadians.