On: Canada's "Linked Tax" Can't Replace a Real Tax

[ttul]

I appreciate the need for some sovereign oversight of telecoms for security reasons, but I have never understood why Canada disallows foreign companies to operate a telecom or mobile operator entirely. If Verizon or AT&T started installing cellular infrastructure in Canada, prices would fall overnight with no appreciable loss of security. It’s protectionism pure and simple.

[TMWNN → ttul]

AT&T owned Bell Canada but sold it decades ago. Nortel was a direct descendant of that.

My understanding is that when Verizon tried to enter Canada, Robelus lobbied hard to keep it out.