Madam Speaker, I listened to the point of view of the member from the government side. I am prepared to support Bill C-20 as long as this act achieves its intended objectives to modernize and amend the Competition Act and to make consequential and related changes in other acts.
I have two brief questions for the member. One is about telemarketing. We know that Air Canada is tripling its call centres in Canada, in particular in Winnipeg. It is tripling its staff in the Winnipeg call centre. Banks, credit unions and other financial unions are vigorously promoting and pursuing the operation of call centres across the country.
Some businesses operate by selling lottery tickets to senior citizens normally in Canada and abroad, Lotto 649 and so on. From time to time they sell emotions to seniors. It is gambling sold over the telephone. Can the member tell the House if this bill will restrict selling gambling or pressure selling over the telephone?
We all receive a certain type of unsolicited mail which we define as junk mail. We sometimes receive car keys with the message that we have won an automobile. Sometimes we see nicely printed certificates that indicate we have won millions of dollars. People usually perceive these as scams. Can the member tell the House if these things are being taken care of in this bill? As a member of the government side could he throw some light on that? Can we restrict these types of scams?