O Happy Day: CRTC overruled

For the first time in a decade the CRTC has been told to smarten up, and rightly so.

The minister said the government prefers to see open competition within the market, leaving companies to fight for business amongst themselves.  ''I am pleased to announce that our government has decided to change the CRTC's decision on VoIP,'' Bernier told the crowd. ''More specifically, we are telling the CRTC to start deregulating 'access independent' VoIP services.''

It may mean that the big companies can sell the service at a loss, and a price war will ensue.  But that's good for who?  Consumers.