Industry committee  I'm saying there are different costs to providing different services, and the price that is charged for a service should reflect the cost of providing that service.

Industry committee  They might in some circumstances, depending. What's very interesting about the evolution of telecommunications, and I think quite exciting from a competition perspective, is that there are new services being developed, such as applications that are actually independent of infrast

Industry committee  My understanding of the questions that have been asked on this to date is whether the policy direction would amount to being a breach of the Telecommunications Act. We're not responsible for the administration and enforcement of the Telecommunications Act, so I'd really not be

Industry committee  We're very supportive of an increased reliance on market forces in the telecommunications sector. This is a sector that is undergoing a huge change. It's a very dynamic sector. By relying on market forces, you have innovations like the development of an application to provide tel

Industry committee  The $15 million is a maximum amount. It's a cap. It cannot be more than $15 million. It would be up to the tribunal to determine what amount it could be. It could be $3 for that matter. It's anywhere from zero to $15 million. Bill C-41 has a number of criteria that the tribunal i

Industry committee  Well, they would probably have other things on their minds. If they were contemplating eliminating the competition, they might find people moving for re-regulation. So I suspect that would also act as a disincentive.

Industry committee  Well, I'd hate to say that I have enough, because I suspect that they'll come back again and again asking for more, so I don't want to limit my options at this stage. What I can tell you is that since 1986, the only consequence of breaching the abuse-of-dominance provisions has

Industry committee  No, my agency will be the same as it is now. I don't feel like a declawed cat.

Industry committee  No, I did not say that. I said that there had been cases. We do not have many of them, because the behaviour described under section 79 is favourable to competition, and provides the benefits of competition. This is why there are not many cases. We do not often prosecute, because

Industry committee  It would act as a deterrent. That's correct.

Industry committee  Do I think that deregulation is happening too quickly? Well, we don't yet have deregulation. This is a proposed test that has.... With respect to local telephony, if you're talking about that, we already have a number of telecommunications markets deregulated. I think Canadians h

Industry committee  And I would say that I am like a terrier.

Industry committee  This is an indicator. Of course, we examine this factor. However, it does not end there.

Industry committee  No. I said that this was one factor among other factors that we take into consideration.

Industry committee  Our study of the telecommunications market shows that it is a very dynamic market. We are no longer dealing just with the telecommunications market. As Mr. French said, there is a steady growth of markets with matching services. Thus, nothing guarantees that telephone companies c