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Hub Dialogues: Peter Menzies on foreign ownership restrictions in Canada's telecommunications sector

Peter Menzies, senior fellow at The Macdonald-Laurier Institute, former newspaper executive and past vice chair of the CRTC, discusses his recent commentary about foreign ownership restrictions in Canada's telecommunications sector, and the potential for reform.


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