I don't think Alberta realizes how much the telecom world is about to change here today after the Shaw-Rogers merger.

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Former ISED Minster Navdeep Bains hired by Rogers as "Chief Corporate Affairs Officer" Almost certainly a Freudian title theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

Hmm.... if only there had been some way of knowing this was going to happen.. if only we had been warned.. 🧐

Put that Government of Canada advertising $ straight into buying ads in the local independent media that aren't being supported by C-18.

Parker Lund, a spokesperson for the Liberal Party, told The Globe Wednesday that the party is not changing its policy. “We will continue to advertise on Meta platforms,” he said. theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

Given that the government has no Plan B, this was predictable. But to be clear, the law hasn’t taken effect yet nor has widespread blocking. This is about refusal to *negotiate* with Pablo Rodriguez about a law that has already received royal assent.

Canadian digital policies have consequences: potential blocked services due to Bill C-11, blocked news links due to Bill C-18, and perhaps blocked AI services also due to Bill C-18. Canada fast becoming a digital outlier. x.com/AnjaKaradeglij…

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