Yesterday I wrote a short paranoid whinge about excessive government regulation of services, especially telecom. Well, maybe there is hope after all. Mark Evans says Canada’s Telecommunications Policy Review Panel, which has been reviewing the government’s role in telecommunications, is sending encouraging signals:
After an extensive 11-month exercise, the three-person panel has made it clear the CRTC shouldn’t be actively involved in shaping the competitive landscape. …
Rather than letting the CRTC regulate specific markets until it is proven there is sufficient competition, the TPR suggests markets be regarded as competitive unless proven otherwise.What a novel approach! It makes so much sense; you wonder why it took so long for somebody to articulate it.
See his full piece in the National Post.
