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submitted 1 year ago by sik0fewl@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca

Canada's merger court asked the competition bureau to pay about C$13 million ($9.58 million) to Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications for the lengthy court battle after its failed attempt to block the telecom firms' C$20-billion merger.

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[-] Apollonius_Cone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

The only way to counter this is to increase corporate taxes on Telcoms.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

They’d love that; it would give them the excuse to post losses and cut “redundant staff”, all while making it harder for new players to enter the market.

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