Competition Bureau seeks to overturn Rogers-Shaw deal approval in federal court – National | 24CA News
The destiny of Rogers Communications Inc.’s proposed takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. goes earlier than the Federal Court of Appeal Tuesday because the Competition Bureau seeks to overturn the Competition Tribunal’s determination approving the deal.
In its enchantment filings the Competition Bureau alleges the Tribunal made 4 authorized errors, centred largely round how the proposed sale of Shaw’s Freedom Mobile to Videotron was factored into the choice.
The bureau argues that the Tribunal erred in the way it assessed the proposed sale of Freedom Mobile, a deal it says would make Videotron depending on Rogers for help, and in addition erred in counting on unenforceable commitments across the deal.
In its response, Rogers says that the bureau has relied on oblique assaults on the Tribunal’s evaluation of the proof that it’s presenting as core questions of regulation.
Rogers says the claims of profound authorized error and calamitous coverage implications are “unhelpful rhetoric,” and that the tribunal’s determination is “quintessentially fact-based and manifestly serves the public interest.”
The listening to on the Federal Court of Appeal in Ottawa is ready to run a single day, with a call date on the enchantment not but set because the prolonged Jan. 31 time limit of the deal approaches.
