Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the hon. member for Cumberland—Colchester a question.
Is there not an inherent contradiction in what he just said? He has lamented the fact that under section 47 allegedly the Competition Bureau has been sidelined, yet in the next breath he praises the very report that we asked them to produce under the auspices of section 47. That is a contradiction. The fact is that the Competition Bureau is very much alive in this process, as I have outlined.
After the 90 days the bureau will be able to examine any proposal that comes forward with its full powers. Therefore, there is no question of the Competition Bureau not being involved in this debate. It will be doing its work and it will be doing that work very well.