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plan of six items. They've been criticized of being short on detail, so they've got six weeks to convince the public that change is needed and that they should not be voting for the conservative party once again and put their trust in labour. >> Andrew: the N.D.P. is calling for an investigation into what it's called an anticompetitive deal put forward by loblaw and between rogers and bell. The CBCs olivia stefanovich joins us now with more. What is it that the N.D.P. leader is asking for? >> Reporter: the N.D.P. leader jagmeet singh sent this letter asking for an investigation over a story broke by a cbc colleague, kate McKENNA. It's over an anticompetitive move by loblaw. It's ending a contract that it has with quebecoire and concerns a company, glentel, a company owned by bell and rogers. Under this new deal that the C.E.O. says that loblaw is turning to with glentel which is, of course, again, owned by rogers and bell, that only rogers and bell cell phones and plans would be offered so this would create less competition and this is something that the C.E.O. is concerned and now N.D.P. leader jagmeet singh is taking up as a cause. Take a listen. >> When these anticompetitive contracts happen, they need to be investigated and stopped in their track. The liberals and justin trudeau act like they don't have the power. They do. They have the power to stop the ripping off of canadians, so we're calling on the bureau to investigate this. >> Andrew: how is the government responding to this? >> Reporter: well, industry minister minister francois-phillipe champagne and the prime minister addressed this today, saying that the minister will look at the competition act and that the responsibility lies with the competition bureau. Singh brought this up again in question period asking the prime minister. Let's take a listen. >> The prime minister promised to lower cell phone fees. They're sky high. He promised to lower grocery prices. They're sky high. When will the prime minister stop greedy C.E.O.s from ripping off canadians. >> Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: mr. Speaker, we've seen cell phone bills decrease for canadians by 20% over the last few years. I know that the minister is looking into the competition act to see if it needs to be referred on a number of things that have come forward, but we are going to continue to standup for the middle class. >> Reporter: that led to a lot of heckling from the conservative benches. Conservative leader pierre poilievre rose to comment on the confidence-and-supply agreement, which highlights the challenges that the N.D.P. face when they raise issues, however, it's worth noting that it's unclear how ending the supply-and-confidence agreement could lead to cheaper cell phone bills or cell phones for canadians. >> Andrew: olivia, thank you. That is the CBCs olivia stefanovich in ottawa.

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of money that elvis presley made in his lifetime and beyond. It's a story of how much money was made and lost and made and lost again. The effort to save the great piece of the elvis presley empire, a look alike, his granddaughter, is alleging there is a scheme afoot to steal graceland. This is the modestly built home that elvis purchased with a $1,000 down payment in 1957 and where he died 20 years later. It's quite a mecca for elvis fans. They've been flocking to see this home, graceland, for so many years since his death. It still generates $12 million a year for riley keough, elvis' granddaughter. Nahaunny investments, which has no website and no phone number that anyone can find, claimed it loaned a little over $3 million to lisa marie presley, the daughter of elvis, and she had put graceland up for collateral. Since she died last year and has not paid this money back, this company filed a document in court and in fact had an auction scheduled for tomorrow to sell off the house to the highest bidder and recoup its losses, but the court decided to hold a hearing in which riley keough can go up against this company if it exists to see if this claim is real and prove she is the rightful owner of graceland. >> Andrew: you think the estate would be flush with cash. What are the details? >> Reporter: it's incredible. Elvis is believed to have made $1 billion in his lifetime from royalties and earnings. Even if if elvis were alive and never made another penny, it would put him among people like steven spielberg. But his only child was born into immense wealth and she also spent apparently a lot of money. Elvis actually died in debt, but his ex-wife, priscilla, grew the assets, including graceland, to over $1 billion, but nine years ago, she paid off off -- sold off 85% of elvis presley enterprises to pay her debt. It's a story of who you hire to manage your money, overspending, both of which elvis suffered from, and when people can take notice that you might be exposed and vulnerable to this kind of claim, but all of this has to be proven in court. >> Andrew: okay. And how are things looking on the financial markets this hour? >> Reporter: well, this is a day that started off very, very quiet, and now, we're seeing a sell off possibly from what we could see later today, and that's the action that could be taken by nvidia. The T.S.X. composite down 143 points. The dow has been flipping day by day. The nasdaq, a little caution, down 59 points, and oil and gold are suddenly trading a little lower today.

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