On Monday, Reuters Canadian Industry Minister Fran ois-Philippe Champagne said that the country's broadcast and telecommunications regulators would focus on improving competition, affordability and consumer rights as part of a new policy direction.
The Canadian government will make a decision on Rogers Communications Inc's bid to buy Shaw Communications Inc for C $20 billion $15.00 billion, a merger that would create the country's no. 2 is the operator of 2 telecoms.
Canada has some of the highest wireless bills in the world for consumers, and Rogers suffered a 19-hour service outage last year that cut off banking, transport and government access for millions of people.
Champagne has previously indicated that it supports the Rogers-Shaw deal if certain conditions are met. In January, the companies cleared a major hurdle after the Canada Competition Bureau dropped plans to oppose the deal after two defeats in courts.