Canada's competition bureau ordered to pay nearly $10 mln to Rogers, Shaw (www.reuters.com)

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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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[-] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 31 points 1 year ago

Canada's competition laws are a joke. All Rogers/Shaw had to do was to prove that the merger would be profitable for themselves.

That's it. For the merger to be approved, they had to prove it would be profitable.

Canada's monopoly laws actively encourage monopolies.

The country is a joke

[-] quortez@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

And I thought American antitrust was bad. What the hell is happening up there??

[-] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

Canada has a very serious oligarch problem.
New Brunswick is literally owned by one family. (There's circumstantial evidence that they're poisoning a portion of the population in New Brunswick)
Our largest national grocer is owned by one family. (They've raised prices causing inflation that's hurting the entire country)
One of our largest telecom companies? Yep. One family. (Canada has some of the most expensive telecommunications in the world)
Our mining companies commit atrocities all over the world.
Our government fights tooth and nail to ensure there's no real opposition. We've only ever had two parties elected and they do the same things, but talk differently. (If you're American, that probably sounds familiar)