Innovation minister says he’s not near a decision on Freedom transfer to Videotron

By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Monday during a House industry committee hearing that he is “no near” a decision on the spectrum transfer from Shaw to Videotron that would trigger Rogers’s acquisition of Shaw. The comments were made in a back-and-forth between Champagne and Conservative member of Parliament Ryan Williams, who was asserting that the conditions that the minister said were required on Videotron’s ownership of the Freedom assets – including spectrum ownership of at least 10 years and lower prices applied to other provinces – are not enforceable. “That’s what you say, but trust...