Mr. Speaker, the issue is not competition. The issue is insider influence and potential conflict of interest.
Power Corp. told the government to abandon its original time line and cabinet threw out the original time line. Power Corp. told the government not to alter the DTH policy panel's report and the government did not change the panel report. Power Corp. instructed the government to seek CRTC support for the changes and the government dutifully trotted off to see if it could get CRTC's support. It looks like cabinet did everything Power Corp. asked for and then some.
Why was Power Corp., a major player in the direct to home satellite business, allowed to set government time lines and policy in these matters?