Comments by "" (@shauncameron8390) on "Why are Canadian phone plans so expensive? (Marketplace)" video.

  1. It does, but it varies by province. Quebecers have Videotron. The Prairies have Shaw.
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  2. And most Canadians are gullible.
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  3. Because it costs more to service remote areas where hardly anyone lives at.
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  4. <by a lot of pension funds> Especially provincial pension funds.
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  5. Translation: Canada has a system that taxes any attempt to get rich which protects the already rich.
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  6. <That's the problem with we, Canadains,...we're too nice.> And scared of the US.
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  7. Chatr is owned by Rogers.
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  8. Enabled by the government.
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  9. So does neo-Bolshevik Jagmeet Singh.
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  10. That "us" make up 32% of the population. 68% of Canadians are property-owners including most government officials and workers.
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  11. Because corporations are the biggest private employers in the country responsible for the tax base governments depend on for revenue for their day-to-day operations.
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  12. What is the average wage in Thailand?
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  13. Really? Bell doesn't exist anymore?
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  14. And apparently so do Canadians themselves.
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  15.  @Malumbrus  Well, when push comes to shove, most Canadians just suck it up and deal with it.
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  16. All owned by the big 3. Fido (Rogers), Koodo (Telus) and Virgin (Bell).
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  17.  @abc10927  In proportion its population, Canada is just plain oversized. And its cities are too far away from each other.
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  18. Not really. Europe can get lower-cost service because less infrastructure has to be built and maintained and it's densely populated.
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  19. With that money going to Rogers because they own Fido.
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  20. What's so unregulated about crony capitalism? There is hardly anything unregulated about the telecommunications industry in Canada. Just ask Verizon.
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  21. But India is densely populated and the Rupee isn't worth that much.
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  22. That's because they have the population to support such along with smaller land masses so that less resources are needed to establish and maintain connection.
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  23. Not really. Canada is just too oversized and underpopulated to warrant lower prices.
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  24. Canada is too oversized and underpopulated for that.
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  25.  @JollyOldCanuck  But it's not legally allowed to move its HQ out of Quebec.
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  26. Bell MTS, Place Bell, Centre Bell, etc.
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  27. <The federal government could nationalize its telecommunications and make it a public utility, > Only to go into debt and money has to be taken from the rest of the economy just to keep it afloat.
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  28. <Regulate prices: The government can regulate the prices of mobile plans to ensure that they are fair and affordable for consumers.> Price control doesn't work.
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  29. Which in turn costs a lot of money to establish and maintain infrastructure to cover every area with a sizeable population domestically.
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  30. No. And not even close. If Canada had unrestrained capitalism, Verizon would have been here.
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  31. Ditto for Europe as even the smallest of European countries have the population density to support lower prices.
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  32. <Canada is know for work life balance> That's a Quebec thing. The rest of Canada is more or less on par with the US when it comes to work-life balance.
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  33. It goes into the bank accounts of those in charge of administering public services.
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  34. Also apathetic and docile citizens.
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  35. Lucky Mobile = owned by Bell.
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  36. Because the government benefits from it.
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  37. In Quebec, we have Videotron.
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  38. LOL. No.
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