UPDATED: Bell, Rogers support NDP's call for public hearings on wireless policy

MONTREAL and TORONTO – Bell and Rogers have both sided with the NDP in the party’s call for an emergency meeting with the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology to review the federal government’s wireless policy. First proposed in a motion tabled by NDP Industry critic Chris Charlton, the meeting was officially scheduled to take place Tuesday, and will be held in camera. “Public hearings are the ideal opportunity for open and constructive dialogue among consumers, government and industry to find a solution to the problem of the wireless loopholes,” said George Cope, Bell Canada and BCE president and CEO, in a...