Millions of Canadians are forced to use Rogers' network even after the great cell phone outage last summer; to buy bread from Loblaw stores after 14 years of price-fixing; and to use Ticketmaster after 3 decades of price-gouging, long lines, and atrocious service.
Canadians have had no choice but to give money to Big Telecom and Big Supermarket because of one reason – these industries are controlled by monopolies.
For the first time in almost 40 years our government is considering significant reforms to the Competition Act. Fixing this law is our chance to end the dominance of Big Telecom and Big Supermarket in Canada.
Sign the petition before March 31st and we will submit your name to the Competition Act consultation process calling for the end of monopolies in Canada.
Canadians pay the most expensive cell phone bills in the world.
Loblaw just posted 500 million in profits in 3 months after a record food price hike.
Big Telecom and Big Supermarket can get away with this because there is no real competition in those sectors beyond a few corporations. Rogers, Bell and Telus can charge us some of the highest prices in the world just to connect with our loved ones and run our small businesses because we have nowhere else to go.
At a time of record inflation, our government should be helping Canadians with the cost of living not helping monopolistic corporations.
Now is your chance to provide input on a new, stronger Competition Act.
Sign the petition calling for the end of monopolies in Canada now.
We’ve joined forces with OpenMedia because they have years of experience pushing for updates to the Competition Act. This consultation is a step in the right direction for competition and affordability in Canada – for telecom and for every other overly concentrated sector in our economy.
Together Ekō and OpenMedia will submit your signatures to the government’s open consultation on reforming Canada's Competition Act before the March 31, 2023 deadline.
This petition was drafted with support from OpenMedia.org
More information
National Post. 8 October 2021.
Global. 8 July 2022.
Globe and Mail. 8 March 2023.