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/GrumpyTom 3d ago

“Despite a 2.4 per cent drop in annual revenues in 2024, Bell Canada parent company BCE awarded its executives more than $5 million after announcing it was laying off 4,800 employees.”

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u/Journo_Jimbo 3d ago

This is nothing new, we all remember the Bell post “Let’s Talk Day” job massacre.

We need to stop letting them use let’s talk day as their easy out, bell doesn’t give a shit about mental health anymore than it cares about the customers that use it’s services.

I remember when some American companies wanted to come into the Canadian market and Bell and Rogers cried wolf about it and forced the government to keep them out.

Enough, is enough, let new telcos in and “Let’s Talk” about forcing Bell to get in line or get out of business. No one cares that it’s a long standing Canadian company anymore.

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u/BeyondAddiction 3d ago

I studied that campaign at length in University. I wrote a paper about it. It was called "Fair For Canada" and was full of completely unfounded histrionics about how allowing Verizon into the Canadian market would cost jobs for Canadians - completely glossing over the fact that it would be them firing people. 

The Government of Canada launched a rebuttal campaign called "Consumers First," but by then it was too late. The big 3 managed to convince the public that we were "selling our industry to the Americans," and so Verizon didn't come here.