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Champagne announcement may signal eagerness to approve Rogers-Shaw deal: analysts

News | 10/26/2022 2:56 pm EDT
Rogers' Toronto headquarters./ Photo via Wikipedia.

Financial analysts reacting to Tuesday’s announcement from Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne – that he would both formally deny the transfer of spectrum assets from Shaw Communications Inc. to Rogers Communications Inc. while at the same time placing a set of “expectations” on Quebecor Inc.‘s putative takeover of Freedom Mobilewere cautiously optimistic about the impact of the minister’s messaging for the overall deal. 

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