PIAC, NPF ask cabinet to set aside CRTC decision to approve Rogers/Shaw merger

OTTAWA – Consumer advocacy groups the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the National Pensioners Federation (NPF) today filed a petition to the federal cabinet, asking for the CRTC’s recent decision to approve Rogers Communications’ acquisition of Shaw Communications’ broadcasting assets to be set aside. If cabinet decides not to set aside the decision, the organizations have asked for the decision to be referred back to the Commission. “Consumers shouldn’t pay for these mergers,” said John Lawford, executive director and general counsel of PIAC, in a press release announcing the petition was filed. “This Petition is a result of our...