The Federal Court of Appeal has rejected the Competition Bureau’s appeal against Rogers’ takeover of Shaw and Vidéotron’s acquisition of Freedom Mobile.
Justice David Stratas delivered the ruling after a lengthy break where the justices discussed the outcome. The bureau presented its arguments earlier in the morning. Legal representatives from Rogers, Shaw and Vidéotron didn’t present their arguments.
The bureau was arguing the Competition Tribunal errored in its decision by backing the telecom companies. They argued the tribunal should have examined Rogers’ merger with Shaw and not Vidéotron’s takeover of Freedom Mobile. However, the tribunal said it would have reached its decision either way.
Justice Stratas agreed with the tribunal. In his lengthy reasoning, he said he could not be persuaded that the result would be different and it would be pointless to have the Competition Tribunal examine this again.
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