Industry committee  They go together. There are three parts, if I can put it that way. There's the directive, there's Bill C-41 and there's the change.

Industry committee  It's not up to me to determine what procedure should be followed. Bill C-41 is perfectly in keeping with the recommendations of the review panel, because it recommended— In fact, they referred to Bill C-19, presuming that this would become law. They felt that the CRTC should hav

Industry committee  I'm not at all familiar with the market conditions. I don't know which cable company is present—

Industry committee  Do you want me to answer? We would have to determine who's the telephone company and who's the cable company, and make a comparison. And if the large cable companies that are established, such as StarChoice, also have advantages that allow for competition in the marketplace. As

Industry committee  The general policy direction is based on greater reliance on market forces, and that would absolutely line up with our statutory mandate.

Industry committee  Well, we certainly hope so, and I hope I'll have the chance to come back and speak to you again when Bill C-41 comes before this committee. What I can say for now is that we've clearly been on the record supporting the introduction of administrative penalties relating to abuse

Industry committee  Well, it's certainly one of the reasons we believed it would be good to have a greater deterrence through the potential implication of AMPs on anti-competitive behaviour. We believe the tools we have are quite appropriate for abuse of dominance, because you have to remember this

Industry committee  No, not that I'm aware of. In the current context, we do not give advice to the minister. Because we took part in the hearing before the CRTC, we recuse ourselves from any discussions about changing the CRTC decision. I'm not at all aware of the minister's analysis.

Industry committee  It could be.

Industry committee  Market share is the first indicator we examine. Then we consider market conditions and rivalry between people. With regard to the abstention process, we proposed to the CRTC that the cost structure be compared. That's what in fact creates the competition dynamic in the market. It

Industry committee  We made a case against that decision during the public hearings. We strongly recommended that the CRTC not adopt this kind of thing. That's our position, because according to our expertise in the area of competition, market share is just the first question to be asked in order t

Industry committee  We have a process of prioritizing the use of our resources. Certainly telecommunications is an area where we believe we'll be prioritizing our work in the coming period of time. We believe we have sufficient resources to deal with those issues.

Industry committee  What part of the document are you referring to?

Industry committee  We did not examine that question. That was not before us. We described and attained what we thought was reasonable in the process before the CRTC. Given the evolution of the market over the past 18 or 24 months, our criterion probably conforms with market conditions and is not ve

Industry committee  It's a step in the right direction, there's no doubt about that. The members of the review panel said that greater reliance should be placed on market forces, on having a well-defined regulatory framework and encouraging effective competition. That is the gist of the recommendati