MPs to grill Rogers, Shaw, Videotron execs on telecom mega-merger

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The Competition Bureau opposed the merger but was overruled by the Competition Tribunal and the court.

“You could argue that the minister has a public duty to engage more fulsomely with Canadians regarding this merger and its dynamics,” Bednar said.

The House of Commons committee is meeting Wednesday to hear from experts and the companies involved. MPs will have a chance to question executives from Rogers, Shaw and Videotron this afternoon.Article content Jeanne Pratt, a senior deputy commissioner at the Competition Bureau, told the committee that divesting Freedom to Videotron wasn’t enough to “sufficiently address the anti-competitive effects of the merger” because Videotron wouldn’t have the “assets needed to compete as effectively as Shaw.”Article content

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said earlier in the day that Champagne “continues to look very closely at the file and we will make appropriate decisions in the best interests of Canadians at the right time.”

 

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This is great comedy!! Yes, MPs are gonna GRILL rich businessmen!!!

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