Mr. Speaker, my question is for the heritage minister.
Yesterday, David Peterson, a former premier of Ontario, submitted a brief to the heritage committee, on behalf of the Canadian Booksellers' Association. Mr. Peterson predicted that the impending arrival of two mega-booksellers from the United States, Borders, and Barnes and Noble, would have disastrous consequences on the book market in Quebec and Canada.
Before the Minister of Industry allows American booksellers to invade the Canadian market, will the Minister of Canadian Heritage undertake to set up a committee of experts to assess the economic and cultural impact of the arrival of these two booksellers on the Canadian market, like it did for Sports Illustrated ?