Mr. Speaker, it has to be the height of irony to have the Reform Party posing a question like that.
Last year when we as a cabinet gave direction to the CRTC to set a framework which was going to lead to competition, it was that party which rose repeatedly to say we were interfering with the CRTC. It criticized us. It was not willing to take a stand with us in favour of competition.
We walked a very careful line in deciding how we would formulate our direction to the CRTC. We stayed within the law in giving direction on policy matters. The CRTC implements those policies. It did so.
If the hon. member does not like it, I do not know why he did not support us when we were making directive orders to the CRTC on this very issue.