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Conservatives and NDP united for enforcement of wholesale rates

News | 05/05/2020 5:27 pm EDT
NDP Critic for Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Brian Masse, holds a press conference on Parliament Hill on Mar. 28, 2018./

Opposition parties that normally hold differing views on any given issue are finding themselves agreeing on some telecom-adjacent files in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, with both the Conservatives and NDP calling for the government to support lower wholesale internet rates and speed up rural broadband rollouts.

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