Canadians care about monthly bills, not who owns the company; so why would Ottawa alter course?

TORONTO – A recent survey of Canadians (done prior to the spasm of news surrounding Verizon’s potential entry into the wireless market here) shows most Canadians do not believe it’s very important to make sure their telephone company is Canadian owned. A question in in May’s Digital Life Canada report (a quarterly syndicated survey of over 1,000 Canadians produced by Toronto’s Solutions Research Group) laid bare what Canadians are really concerned about when it comes to wireless services. When asked “Thinking of wireless companies in Canada, how important is it to you that,” the survey offered five choices and asked...