Industry committee  I'm a strong supporter of a comprehensive review of the Competition Act in Canada. I've said that previously and publicly, multiple times. Competition is truly the best protection the public has. Competition drives lower prices and increased choice. Competition drives productivit

Industry committee  In the Bell-MTS matter, obviously the consent agreement is still in place. Provisions with respect to transitional services are still in place. We are monitoring the compliance with that consent agreement that was entered into in 2017, sir.

Industry committee  First of all, at this time it's not appropriate for me to comment on what others have said. We will be conducting a thorough, deep review of this transaction to determine whether or not it would result in a substantial lessening or prevention of competition in Canada. That's the

Industry committee  Yes. We discussed that in our submission to the CRTC's wireless proceeding.

Industry committee  From the submission we made to the CRTC and the extensive reports that we filed, that is correct, sir.

Industry committee  What I can say, Madam Chair, to the honourable member, is that now that this transaction is before us, we will be required to conduct a thorough review and make determinations with respect to whether it's going to result in a substantial lessening or prevention of competition.

Industry committee  It wouldn't be appropriate for me to speculate as to what motives were behind a particular course of action of other parties. I can't speak to that.

Industry committee  Madam Chair and members of the committee, we are pleased to appear today. Joining me are two colleagues from the Competition Bureau; Anthony Durocher, deputy commissioner, and Leila Wright, associate deputy commissioner in the competition promotion branch. From the outset, it

Industry committee  Madam Chair, I had it on English. I've just turned it off, if that will help.

Industry committee  The only options are “off”, and English or French for the interpretation.

Industry committee  Okay.

Industry committee  Okay. I'll back up a tiny bit. As this matter is under review, it would not be appropriate for me to comment on what other witnesses in this proceeding may have said about the transaction. My remarks today will provide an overview of the bureau’s merger review process. The bu

Industry committee  Madam Chair, to answer the honourable member's question, I wouldn't say that we have agreements with respect to enforcement. We work together—we collaborate on enforcement and we communicate on enforcement—but there aren't specific agreements, to put it that way. In our enforcem

Industry committee  Yes, Madam Chair, we're certainly familiar with the report from the U.S. House antitrust subcommittee, with representative Mr. Cicilline leading that work, but we are also aware of a lot of bipartisan support in the United States for more antitrust or competition law enforcement

Industry committee  That's a good question. Mr. Durocher, can you answer that?