cover image: Fast FACTS - The price of privatization at MTS: higher prices, fewer jobs

Fast FACTS - The price of privatization at MTS: higher prices, fewer jobs

29 Dec 2020

be further from the truth, there is no This meant that investors stood to make a avoiding the fact that: few things please tidy profit on their purchase—made even the current government more than the tidier by the fact that the government selling off of public assets: witness the provided interest-free loans to purchasers ongoing privatization of public housing. [...] In the workplace increases northern Manitoba) to stop pursuing new in the pace of work and layoffs were the Winnipeg, MB order of the day. [...] with Sasktel, the last provincially phone owned telecommunications company (204) 927-3200In the case of Manitoba Hydro Telecom, it appears the government may be getting in the country, regularly showed that email ready to turn its northern and rural privatization had led to higher service ccpamb@policyalternatives.ca broadband network over to Bell MTS. [...] But also, the company In a report, Benjamin Klass and Dwayne has sought to increase the use of non- Winseck noted that, when compared to union contractors and shipped jobs out Bell, MTS invested more of its capital in of Manitoba and in some cases out of the its networks (meaning it provided better country. [...] The fact that the The federal Competition Canada came to corporation is referred to as Bell MTS similar conclusions.
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