Mr. Speaker, a lot of smoke but no fire.
The problem here for the Leader of the Opposition is very simple. He has a report of a panel of experts, yes, chaired by Gordon Ritchie, participated in by Roger Tassé and Robert Rabinovitch, three former deputy ministers in the Public Service of Canada. They produced a report which has been generally praised in editorial comments and by other groups.
The Leader of the Opposition has nothing to criticize in the report. In fact, as I recall from the publication of the report on April 6, the most telling criticisms came from the very party he claims it was intended to benefit. Why? Because the result of the report and the direction which was tabled yesterday really give nothing to anybody except the right to apply to the CRTC for a licence. That right is open to Power DirecTv. It is open to Expressvu. It is open to everybody else.
Our intention has been to be very, very careful on process. We invoked a process which was transparent and open. We have initiated it with tabling a direction, a process which is statutory, open to debate in a public forum, namely the House of Commons and the Senate of Canada.
The Leader of the Opposition cannot find anything to criticize in that process so he is left to asking about irrelevant details.