Published Saturday, August 31, 2019 9:27AM EDTOTTAWA -- Consumer advocates say a rare consensus is forming among the major political parties ahead of the federal election that Canadians need protecting from gouging by the country's big telecom companies.
The New Democrats under Jagmeet Singh laid out their plan for reducing wireless and internet-service rates, announcing in June they would impose a "price cap" on monthly bills that they estimated will save households about $10 a month for each service. "We recognize that Canadians shouldn't be paying more for their already very expensive internet and communication services and that's something that we will take into account as we move forward to ensure that the system is fair for everyone," Trudeau said last Monday at the close of the G7 summit in France, when asked about the possibility of taxing digital services.
"We will have more to say about our plan to make life more affordable and to help Canadian families get ahead in the coming weeks," Schow said. "Our members want to continue to build out to ensure that more Canadians get connected, and that we have world-class networks and that we are ready for 5G, because the 5G economy is going to be the future for those countries that are able to get there and deliver those networks," CWTA president Robert Ghiz -- a former premier of Prince Edward Island -- said in an interview.
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liakiessling Hoping for increased telecom stocks…the 15th Century kind.
How about reduced rates for phones & better internet coverage/service in the more rural areas of the country.🤔🇨🇦
These Parties wont do anything..... The big 3 won't listen to the Government!!! and besides when did the Government ever do anything to help people except their own pockets!!!
SNC
we'll get the same as in the middle of a doughnut
Please do something about telecom pricing cause we all use it but are paying way too much
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