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NDP price caps would apply to all wireless plans, be set by the CRTC

News | 09/13/2019 4:35 pm EDT
NDP price caps would apply to all wireless plans, be set by the CRTC
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh answers media questions at a press conference in Toronto on Sept. 13./ Screenshot via CPAC.

The NDP’s promised telecom service price caps would apply to all wireless plans and the CRTC would be the body charged with setting up the regime, an NDP source confirmed following a press conference held in Toronto Friday to reiterate the party’s election promises to lower cellphone and internet service bills.

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