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The MEI<\/a> think tank has released<\/a> a new paper calling “for the CRTC to stop overregulating the telecommunications sector and penalizing infrastructure investments.” The MEI paper<\/a> argues in favour of a presumption of competition for policy making and against the presumption of regulation.<\/p>\n

In the context of the continuing discussion on telecommunications service pricing, we often forget that Canada has top quality telecommunications infrastructure, that the MEI claims is despite a regulatory framework that is very restrictive for the sector.<\/p>\n

Canada’s mobile speeds are among the fastest the world, thanks to investments per connection that are nearly twice as high as in Europe. According to the MEI press release<\/a>, “Canada\u2019s relatively high prices are explained in part by the country\u2019s low population density, by the quality of the infrastructure, and by the substantial investments that are made.”<\/p>\n

“Canada does well despite its regulatory framework, not because of it. The country could do even better!” according to Ga\u00ebl Campan, Senior Associate Researcher at the MEI and author of the publication, “Permissionless Innovation: For an End to the Presumption of Regulation in Telecommunications”<\/a>, written in collaboration with Daniel Dufort, Director of External Affairs at the MEI.<\/p>\n

The easy to read report is divided into 3 main chapters, as listed below with some highlights:<\/p>\n

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