In the mid-1990s, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) decided not to regulate the nascent cellular phone industry, which now generates $43 billion annually for the Canadian economy. It would be left to the marketplace to provide services that consumers wanted, the CRTC and federal government decided. The problem, say critics of Canada s wireless industry, is that with the huge success of three companies under this system, there s little room for competition in Canada. Rogers Communications (TSX:RCI), Telus (TSX:T) and BCE Inc. (Bell) (TSX:BCE) and their subsidiaries – Fido, Koodo and Virgin Mobile Canada, respectively – own about 92% of all wireless subscriptions in Canada, according to the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association.
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Partnership enables new Brain Canada initiative addressing research and care gaps highlighted by the COVID-19 crisis
MONTRÉAL, Jan. 26, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ - Brain Canada and Bell Let s Talk today announced the new Bell Let s Talk-Brain Canada Mental Health Research Program to accelerate Canadian brain research while helping to address the impacts of COVID-19 on mental health care. Funding for the program is made up of a $2 million gift from Bell Let s Talk matched by the federal government through the Canada Brain Research Fund (CBRF). As brain health becomes an increasingly prominent societal issue, there is a growing need for scientific data to support new treatments, said Dr. Mona Nemer, Canada s Chief Science Advisor. This new research program is taking great steps to address the complexity of these challenges by promoting collaborative and cross-disciplinary research.