Ottawa wants more competition for lower prices. It should start by exposing its own dinosaurs and sacred cows to genuine market pressures

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Industry Minister Mélanie Joly is hawkish about improving affordability by forcing Canadian businesses to compete more. But how about also forcing Canadian governments — federal and provincial alike — to open up state-protected quasi-monopolies to competition?

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