Rogers/Shaw: Proposed remedy “inadequate”, expert tells Competition Tribunal

By Amanda OYE

OTTAWA – The remedy Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications offered in an attempt to gain the necessary regulatory approvals for their proposed merger is “inadequate”, according to Dr. Nathan Miller, a professor at Georgetown University who was asked to put together a report on the matter for the Competition Bureau. Miller spoke today about his report at the Competition Tribunal hearing into the bureau’s application to block the merger. The remedy he referred to is the sale of Shaw’s Freedom Mobile to Quebecor subsidiary Videotron to address concerns about the impact of the merger on wireless competition in Canada. Miller...