As I understand it, C-555 is simply about getting rid of "System Access Fees" and has nothing to do with foreign competition. Which really doesn't matter. If Rogers was not allowed to charge a "System Access Fee" they would simply raise rates to make up that money.
There are only two ways Ted is going lower prices:
(1) Strong government regulation to control the monopoly on GSM cell phone service
or
(2) Competition in GSM cell phone service
The only party recommending #1 is the NDP. And what I'm hearing about the spectrum auction is that some of the buyers plan on selling their licenses to Rogers as soon as the auction is over. So #2 doesn't look like it's going to happen anytime soon.
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