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The Competition Bureau has been ordered to pay $13 million to Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications by the Competition Tribunal. (Shutterstock)

Despite legal costs awarded to Rogers‑Shaw, the competition commissioner’s challenge to the telecom merger was not a waste of taxpayer money

Jennifer Quaid, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Enforcement agencies like the Competition Bureau have a duty to pursue cases they consider to be well-founded and in the public interest. But it’s unrealistic to expect they will win every time.
Rogers’ takeover of Shaw has been approved by the Canadian government, but the deal comes with stringent conditions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Here’s how the Rogers‑Shaw merger could benefit Canadian customers

Victor Song, Simon Fraser University

The new conditions that have been heaped onto Rogers as a result of the Rogers-Shaw merger could end up benefiting Canadian consumers and the economy at large.
John Tory, left, then the leader of the Ontario Conservatives, and Edward Rogers arrive for the funeral of Ted Rogers at St. James Cathedral in Toronto in December 2008. The Rogers family feud in the years following Ted Rogers’ death is one of many to erupt at family-owned Canadian corporations. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

From Vincent Massey to Ed Rogers: Canada’s history of family firm feuds rivals Succession

Dimitry Anastakis, University of Toronto

Bitter family feuds and succession battles are not new to Canadian business. In fact, several prominent family-owned firms have had very public brawls. The Rogers feud, though, puts the company at risk.

Related Topics

  1. 5G
  2. Competition
  3. Competition Bureau
  4. competition commission
  5. Competition law
  6. Internet
  7. merger
  8. Rogers
  9. Rogers-Shaw merger
  10. Shaw

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