Quebecor vs Bell: Quebecor asks Competition Bureau to investigate Cablevision

By Denis Carmel

Alleges monopoly in northern of QuebecOTTAWA – After asking the CRTC to force Bell to provide access to its cable network in the region of Abitibi-Témiscaminque (which is branded Cablevision), Vidéotron and five residents of that remote region of Québec (Including outgoing MP, Christine Moore), wrote Jeanne Pratt, senior deputy commissioner-mergers and monopolistic practices branch at the Competition Bureau asking her to investigate Bell under sections 75 and 79 of the Competition Act.Section 75 states the Commissioner may apply to the Competition Tribunal which, if it finds that“(a) a person is substantially affected in his business or is precluded from...