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{
"time": "2007-03-22 11:25:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Dr. Lew Johnson",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"523905\" data-originallang=\"en\">Well, I don't normally believe in regulating prices, in any kind; I believe in markets determining prices. But we have a situation here where we don't have a totally free market. There is imperfect competition. We have a standard charge across all banks, so there's no price discrimination among the banks. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"523906\" data-originallang=\"en\">We also have a system where some consumers have limited choice. Again, I emphasize seniors, students, people in rural areas--and some professors in Kingston who have less choice than they used to have. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"523907\" data-originallang=\"en\">So I would argue that those two elements, the lack of perfect competition and the lack of consumer choice on the part of many people, would suggest, if not regulation of prices, at least some intervention in the form of suasion to banks.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"523905\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je ne suis g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement pas en faveur de la r\u00e9glementation des prix; je crois plut\u00f4t que ce sont les march\u00e9s qui doivent dicter les prix. Cependant, nous sommes dans une situation o\u00f9 le march\u00e9 n'est pas totalement libre. Il n'existe pas une v\u00e9ritable concurrence. Certains frais sont identiques au sein de toutes les banques, de sorte qu'il n'y a pas de diff\u00e9rence. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"523906\" data-originallang=\"en\">Par ailleurs, le syst\u00e8me offre une gamme restreinte de choix \u00e0 certains consommateurs. Je le r\u00e9p\u00e8te, les personnes \u00e2g\u00e9es, les \u00e9tudiants, les habitants des r\u00e9gions rurales et j'ajouterais m\u00eame certains professeurs de Kingston ont moins de choix qu'auparavant. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"523907\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je dirais donc que ces deux probl\u00e8mes, c'est-\u00e0-dire l'absence d'une r\u00e9elle concurrence et l'\u00e9ventail limit\u00e9 de choix dans bien des cas, nous am\u00e8nent \u00e0 dire qu'il faudrait, \u00e0 d\u00e9faut de r\u00e9glementer les prix, \u00e0 tout le moins recourir \u00e0 la persuasion. </p>"
},
"url": "/committees/finance/39-1/73/dr-lew-johnson-7/",
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"politician_membership_url": null,
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "1971996",
"document_url": "/committees/finance/39-1/73/",
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}