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While some seek to justify it or explain it away, the simple reality is that Canadians already pay some of the highest prices for wireless services in the world, Geist said, echoing other opponents of the deal. If this merger is approved, the situation is likely to get worse. Indeed, when Rogers promises that it will not raise prices for Shaw Freedom Mobile customers for three years, it effectively signals that it will be raising them as soon as the clock runs out on that time.
Shaw chief executive Brad Shaw and Rogers CEO Joe Natale told the same committee on March 29 that they d be stronger competitors to Bell and Telus by combined their spending power and assets. That would allow an enlarged Rogers to reach more rural and underserved areas, they said.
OTTAWA - A review of the proposed $26-billion purchase of Shaw Communications by Rogers Communications continues into its third day in Ottawa today before a committee of federal MPs.
A woman holds two cellphones with the corporate logos of Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications in a photo illustration in Chelsea, Que., Monday March 29, 2021. A review of the proposed $26-billion purchase of Shaw Communications by Rogers Communications continues into its third day today in Ottawa before a committee of federal MPs. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
OTTAWA - A review of the proposed $26-billion purchase of Shaw Communications by Rogers Communications continues into its third day in Ottawa today before a committee of federal MPs.