Mr. Speaker, a few decades ago, we had 13 grocery chains and now we are down to three. That number goes up to five if we include Walmart and Costco. In other words, we are dealing with an oligopoly.
In the last Parliament, the government enhanced the powers of the Competition Bureau, not necessarily to bring more players into the sector, but to prevent future mergers or acquisitions. The Governor of the Bank of Canada says that this lack of competition means that all the increases in input prices are passed on to consumers.
What does my hon. colleague suggest we do to ensure that there are more retailers and more competition in the grocery sector?