> A government-supported private telecommunications cartel
What's the point? Why not simply have a fair market with competition?
> Also, in Nova Scotia, a government-supported private electricity monopoly.
I think Quebec has the same no? That's actually one instance where I was told the government was doing a good job. My colleague told me he pays something like 0.05$ per Kw/h. That's insanely cheap. I assume Nova Scotia does the same.
> Sure, internet goes down perhaps once or twice a month for half a day or so, but it often does in rural-adjacent parts of Canada too
With 90% of the population less than 100 miles from the US border, what's their excuse for being worse than Albania?