Industry committee  Yes, that is right.

Industry committee  If I may step in on this issue, it's a slightly different problem. Here, we actually created our own problem, in the sense that Canada followed the U.S. in being very liberal on the firms and telling them essentially that as long as they invested in their network, they'd be free

Industry committee  Let's just say that the laws are poorly suited to SMEs because Canada's Competition Act places a lot of emphasis on defence. It is very easy for defending companies to be successful. There has been a lot of discussion of the dependency of SMEs on platforms. However, at this tim

Industry committee  I want to add the fact, if I may, that what is now directing a lot of attention to Amazon is the so-called box that you see on the upper-left corner with the recommendation. There are also allegations and some evidence that merchants have to do fulfillment by Amazon to come up hi

Industry committee  To add to what my colleagues have said, I would like to add that there are now concrete definitions of the term “gatekeeper” in Europe and the United States. Those definitions always refer to the size of a company based on its sales figures, the number of businesses and individua

Industry committee  I am not aware of all the details, but I am familiar with the bill. It addresses the issue of Canadian content, which is also a particularity of Canadian broadcasting policy. The only question is whether the measures proposed in the bill will truly help increase Canadian content.

Industry committee  Thank you. Yes, I was going to say, in response to the comments that were made, that the 30% cut that you alluded to is everywhere—it's Uber, Apple, Google. It's the usual commission for anything that goes on the platforms. The reason we're more aggressively against platforms—a

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank for the invitation to appear before the committee. I will say a few words about my background, and make a few more general statements about today's topic. I believe the rest will come during the discussion. I am a professor of law and innovation and