Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for that question. I just want to clarify one thing in terms of what was in the bureau's release on March 25 and what information the bureau relied upon in reviewing the Postmedia transaction. Certainly we did mention this idea of having the two separate editorial boar

Canadian Heritage committee  The bureau has a 12-month window from which it reviews a merger transaction. That 12-month window has now lapsed since we reviewed the Postmedia transaction. Again, the factors we were looking at in the context of the Postmedia transaction were advertising revenues and readersh

Canadian Heritage committee  As my colleague Mr. Durocher said, at the Competition Bureau we like to say that we are the champions of competition. Our premise is that the more competitors there are in a market, the better the prices, choices and innovations. We also believe that the markets will do what is

Canadian Heritage committee  I understand your question and the questions the committee is raising. What is the solution to the need for a diversity of voices and to the consolidation happening in this market? I don't think the Competition Bureau is necessarily in the best position to tell you what the solut

Canadian Heritage committee  As I said briefly in my remarks, information on the two distinct press rooms was information the parties provided to us, but that was not the basis for the bureau's analysis. The decision that followed, that is to say merging the two press rooms, had repercussions on employment,

Canadian Heritage committee  Who is in the best position to speak out on the issue of information diversity? It is not a criterion we usually study. Our analysis is really based on the economic aspect, and market efficiency.

Canadian Heritage committee  I cannot say who would have that responsibility. I will leave it up to you, as parliamentarians, to decide. However, I can confirm that for broadcasting and television broadcasting, even though the bureau studies transactions from the angle of economic concentration, the CRTC th

Canadian Heritage committee  Absent an actual transaction or specific anti-competitive conduct by the parties, the bureau wouldn't go about regulating Facebook in terms of its activities. Again, we're not a regulator of businesses. We enforce the Competition Act to ensure that businesses don't engage in anti

Canadian Heritage committee  We will certainly look at the impact on competition.

Canadian Heritage committee  The Competition Act applies to all organizations that have activities in Canada. As long as Facebook, Google or any other organization has activities in Canada or has an impact on competition in a market, we will certainly look into it.

Canadian Heritage committee  First, I will briefly answer your first question, and afterwards I will ask Mr. Durocher to add his comments. Then we can answer the second question. As for the authorities in the world who have studied the issue of Google's apparent monopoly on information, many countries have

Canadian Heritage committee  As to Postmedia/Sun Media, I would have to look at the file. We have certainly looked into certain digital products. As part of that analysis, we determined that the products complemented each other rather than competed with each other.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, it is Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.

Canadian Heritage committee  We have roughly 400 employees, at three regional branches.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll let Anthony talk a bit more about how we define product markets and what we take a look at, but we don't actively, I would say, monitor specific industries, because our law is general application law. We take a look at cases when they come through the door and we do a thorou