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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Socialism generally favours protectionism, which is why I found it surprising that so many conservatives were calling for it (in the form of only giving this contract to an Alberta company, when conservatives, historically, favour free market).
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Historically, yes. These days, though, the right side of political spectrum is definitely leaning protectionist. Strange times.
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Originally Posted by Chingas
Canada has some of the highest phone rates in the world. This is not because of free market, it is because our government has allowed a small number of companies to control the market and basically price fix.
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Yes, to protect Canadian companies. If Canada opened up the telecom industry to the free market, there probably wouldn't be any significant Canadian players in that market. And presumably the people in this thread complaining about an Ontario company getting this energy savings program would complain about all our telecom bills going to American companies.