RadioAaron wrote:

"Why did you do the things we've explicitly allowed you to do?!!"

Bell's expected response:

"Why didn't you do the things we told you to do? Who do you think runs this country?"

Technically, I suppose you're right. But they'd be crazy not to show up.

They're asking for regulatory relief for their news obligations. They're depending on subsidies from the government to keep their stations on the air. They've been given some tax relief (but they claim not enough) to supposedly help fund their newsrooms (hence the anger of the feds) and Bill C-11 was essentially something they wanted, although a lot sooner. 

With all that on the agenda, it may be an offer they can't refuse.

How much have our food costs gone down since the Grocery chain CEOs were brought on the carpet by this virtue-signalling government?  What do they expect Bell to do, hire back thousands of employees and throw their private corporate agenda out the window?  Maybe they should focus on getting back some of those tens of millions of dollars flushed down the toilet on ArriveScam, and fire some of their totally incompetent ministers in charge of that boondoggle.

All three parties (and those who testify) know how the game works. There will undoubtedly be lots of performative outrage, but it serves the purpose of keeping the story alive for far longer than it would have given the public's extremely fleeting attention span. I'll be watching simply to see how the Conservative and NDP members attempt to justify their votes in favour of giving Bell Canada more than $40 million in regulatory relief (which the Liberals opposed), only to have the company turn around for yet another massive layoff.
BTW, have any of you actually used the ArriveCan app? I have and it works great. On our last overseas trip in November 2023, we were off the plane and picking up our bags at Pearson within 20 minutes, thanks to having inputted all of the relevant information into the app prior to landing.

Last edited by BowmanvilleBob (February 14, 2024 3:08 pm)