When your political ship is sinking, it’s time to get out the populist lifeboats and fire the anti-corporate torpedoes — shoot the telcos
When your political ship is sinking, it’s time to get out the populist lifeboats and fire the anti-corporate torpedoes. Attempting to save themselves from going down in an ocean of sleaze, the Trudeau Liberals this week launched their first life-saving strategy: Shoot the telcos.
Bains’ proposal carried a big, wordy headline: “Proposed Order Issuing a Direction to the CRTC on Implementing the Canadian Telecommunications Policy Objectives to Promote Competition, Affordability, Consumer Interests and Innovation.” In content, it was filled with the kind of econo-blather and regulatory wonkery that appeals to those who believe that government diktats can produce what the market cannot.
The CRTC came back with a reconsideration that essentially failed to give Sugar what it wanted. Uproar ensued among consumer groups because, in effect, the CRTC turned down the cabinet order. And so the cabinet is back with another plan, this time for a directive that would change the CRTC’s policy options and force it to accommodate Sugar. And so is the CRTC. In its announcement Thursday, it seemed to backtrack on its earlier decision.
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