Harper even worked on open skies agreements. As we well know, Canadians are trapped in a world of low competition and high air fares, because of our protectionism. The consumers lose out big time in these instances. Same thing for our communications services. Low competition, very high prices.
Banking becoming more consolidated is -not- good for consumers.
Is this what you were talking about?
A Conservative war on business - Macleans.ca
A free market guy wouldn’t favour a cap on cellphone roaming fees, as hinted in the speech from the throne. A free market guy wouldn’t advocate government-legislated cellphone costs, knowing full well that carriers deprived of roaming fees will hike other charges to compensate. A free market guy would favour—call me crazy—an actual free market solution to the problem, such as increasing competition by allowing foreign carriers to enter the market on equal terms. But that’s not what Moore is trumpeting.
In case after case, the government insists on intervening, apparently oblivious to the fact that their intervention is part of the problem. The easiest way for the Conservatives to “end geographic price discrimination,” or the higher prices paid in Canada compared with the United States, would be to reduce import tariffs. Instead, reports suggest the government wants to use the Competition Bureau to investigate and compel companies to offer comparable prices on both sides of the border. With myriad factors affecting those prices on both sides of the border—from the value of the dollar to the price of gas—proving ill intent on the part of investigated companies will be all but impossible. Such a scheme would produce endless red tape, and zero benefits for consumers.