COMMENTARY: Fearless predictions for 2006

CHUM WILL BE SOLD. Shaw, too. Telus will buy Bell. Foreign ownership rules will be abolished. CRTC regs, too. Now those are some seriously fearless predictions for the new year. They’re all poppycock, too. Made ’em up (although a couple could happen). The slowdown time during the 14 days or so around Christmas and New Years (and Hanukkah, too), coupled with the fact that a new year is beginning, spawns all sorts of lists and predictions and reviews in the media. I didn’t want to be left out, but I didn’t want to try to add to the M&A rumors...