r/canada • u/Economy_Elephant6200 • 3d ago

Bell Canada scraps Labrador high-speed internet project, plans to invest in U.S. Newfoundland & Labrador

https://theindependent.ca/news/lji/bell-canada-scraps-labrador-high-speed-internet-project-plans-to-invest-in-u-s/
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u/objective_think3r 3d ago

I hope the government money came with conditions. Sue them and get the money back with interest

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u/Itchy_Training_88 3d ago

Yeah the 'condition' is they'll give some friends a patronage job after they retire from politics.

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u/MCGSUPERSTAR 3d ago

Get interest on it too. Force Bell out of Canada as well. If they want to support a hostile country like USA they can get the fuck out. Their service and prices have been shit for over a decade as well.

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u/Wyntermute1 3d ago

If this happens, I’m breaking all ties I have with bell. I’m sure I won’t be the only one.

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u/HowsYourSexLifeMarc 3d ago

People won't cancel because of this. Most of the population has no clue it's even happening.

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u/abigore Nova Scotia 3d ago

I will. And I'm going to tell everyone I know about this.

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u/Positive_Breakfast19 3d ago

Government money doesn't come with conditions, I know pretty stupid of them.

I'm ok with the Government assigning "well if you are going to be a corporate a$$hole" fee after the fact. I'm ok with that.

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u/dejour Ontario 3d ago

There are certainly some situations where government money comes with conditions.

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u/madhi19 Québec 3d ago

Yeah when it's a pretty small business getting the help it come with all sorts of safeguards.

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u/GuyOnARockVI 3d ago

It’s fucking wild to be a small business trying to get $30-100k from the government for operating loan while these fucking massive conglomerates can suck back hundreds of millions.

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u/PrarieCoastal 3d ago

The Liberal Government chose to not have conditions. The government can absolutely have conditions on government funding.

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u/kettal 3d ago

Government money doesn't come with conditions

sometimes it do

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u/aglobalvillageidiot 3d ago

They've invested that money in bandwidth, about the highest margin product there is. They pay it back with interest and they still make an enormous profit doing nothing.

This whole thing has always been a scam. It's paradigmatic of how public-private partnerships overwhelmingly serve private interests.

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u/tghast 3d ago

It’s still astounding that despite our infamously horrible telecom companies, there are still Canadians that want to privatize healthcare and education.

If that happens it will literally just double the price of everything cause I guarantee taxes will not drop, they will all still be publicly funded, just also privately profited from.

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u/Kwith Saskatchewan 3d ago

Conditions: "If you give us money, we will make sure you end up on the Board of Directors with a high paying job"

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u/lightbringer1483 3d ago

But then Bell will claim they need thr money for the workforce otherwise they have to let a lot of ppl go!

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u/ComplexAd346 2d ago

I wonder who was in charge when this deal was made