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Wireless Policy Review: After spotting mistakes, Bell wants Competition Bureau report stricken from the record (UPDATED)

By Greg O’Brien GATINEAU – The federal government’s Competition Bureau was a rather prominent player during the now 16-months long CRTC process reviewing the regulations governing the wireless market in Canada. UPDATE, Aug. 7: Please see the bottom of this story for an update from the Competition Bureau. Last year the Bureau fought the carriers and the Commission for access to confidential data from Canadian wireless companies so it could do its own “objective economic analysis” of the market, telling the Commission in 2019 the “information that we are seeking is critical to our ability to make an evidence-based submission...