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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Cell Phone Freedom Act – MP Hyer responds

I WAS RECENTLY MADE aware of your editorial piece (“NDP wants to unlock your cell phone - but it's not quite that simple” on the Cell Phone Freedom Act, and I hope you do not mind if I take the liberty to respond. I authored the Cell Phone Freedom Act in part to fulfill a commitment to my constituents. Some, including a number that rely on their cell phones to run their small businesses, have come to me with concerns over competitiveness in the Canadian wireless market. They brought up issues such very high prices for wireless phone service in Canada...