Back on February 4th, the Canadian courts overturned the government’s decision that Globalive met Canadian foreign ownership rules, citing “errors of law.” The Canadian government responded today that it will appeal the decision. In a statement released today, Industry Minister Tony Clement wrote:
We believe that our decision was the right one for Canadian consumers and we will vigorously defend it. Globalive is a Canadian company and meets the Canadian ownership and control requirements under the Telecommunications Act. Globalive should therefore be able to continue to offer service in the wireless telecommunications market.
Asked by journalists why the government would not change the law rather than challenging the ruling, Clement indicated that the government was not yet ready to outline its plans to change foreign ownership limits.
This one is headed back to the courts…