Rogers/Shaw: A breakdown of where things are at and what’s to come

By Amanda OYE

THOSE WHO ARE CLOSELY following the approval process of the proposed merger of Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications will know the outside date for closing the transaction was extended from March 15, 2022, to June 13, 2022, and was extended again last month to July 31, 2022. So, we are already looking in the rear-view mirror at one (soon to be two) outside closing dates. What is going on? A lot. Competition Tribunal Last month, the Commissioner of Competition Matthew Boswell filed an application to the Competition Tribunal seeking to block the merger. He also filed an application seeking an...