Shaw/Rogers: Joe Natale on why the deal has to happen

By Greg O’Brien TORONTO – Rogers president and CEO Joe Natale surprised more than a few observers on Monday with the announcement his company would purchase Shaw Communications. Not with the deal itself since that had been a rumour for two decades, but with the level confidence he displayed when saying he believes Canadian regulators will, in the end, approve. That confidence hadn’t wavered when Cartt.ca spoke with him on Wednesday. The company went out of its way to offer major incentives to Canadians as sweeteners to the deal: A $1 billion broadband fund to deliver broadband to 600,000 un-...