Canada Orders Telecom Regulator to Focus on Bringing Costs Down – Bloomberg Law

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government ordered Canada’s telecommunications regulator to focus on making internet access more affordable for consumers, a policy shift to help smaller firms compete with major providers.

The government wants to strengthen rules so that it’s faster and cheaper for internet resellers to cut deals to lease network access from large companies including Rogers Communications Inc. and BCE Inc. The new direction, which came into force Monday, replaces an old policy that said the regulator should rely on market forces.

“While progress has been made, Canadians still pay too much and see too little competition,” Industry …