On 12/30/10 12:49, John Lange wrote: > Since I just posted about this last week I thought I'd post this > follow up on how the Conservative policy for telecom has hurt us all: > > http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2010/12/30/con-telco-report.html#ixzz19cOkMHJp > > "The report points to a policy decision in December 2006 by then > Industry Minister Maxime Bernier that ordered the Canadian > Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to use market > forces to the maximum extent possible, and ensure that regulation was > minimally intrusive."
This sounds like the usual anti-corporate, anti-market rant, until you read the CBC article and see this: > The report does not advocate a return to regulation in the > telecommunications industry. Rather, it recommends the government > allow foreign competition and more liberal rules for small market players. In other words, as is often the case, it is not the *deregulation*, but the *existing other regulations* preventing foreign competition and non-liberal access to new players, that is actually causing the observed harm to consumers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
