e19: Get that Trash Outta here - Municipalities can be anti-monopoly too
04/13/23 • 13 min
Welcome back to Monopolies Killed My Hometown. We're back after my little hiatus with an episode on garbage removal and how I see Municipalities contributing to the Anti-Monopoly Fight. In this episode we're looking at the Town of Amherst's tender process for the new 5-year waste removal contract. My take is that the Town of Amherst combined their tender with the Municipality of Cumberland to increase their bargaining power in order to get the best possible value for Citizens. I appreciate this goal. However this approach only solicited two tenders, and I'm certain with two bids we didn't get the lowest possible price. I explain my theory that breaking the tender into smaller pieces could have actually solicited more tenders, and perhaps a lower price for Citizens.
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Welcome back to Monopolies Killed My Hometown. We're back after my little hiatus with an episode on garbage removal and how I see Municipalities contributing to the Anti-Monopoly Fight. In this episode we're looking at the Town of Amherst's tender process for the new 5-year waste removal contract. My take is that the Town of Amherst combined their tender with the Municipality of Cumberland to increase their bargaining power in order to get the best possible value for Citizens. I appreciate this goal. However this approach only solicited two tenders, and I'm certain with two bids we didn't get the lowest possible price. I explain my theory that breaking the tender into smaller pieces could have actually solicited more tenders, and perhaps a lower price for Citizens.
Some links from the episode:
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e18: Rogers-Shaw and Competition Policy for all of us
Welcome back everyone! In this episode I dive into my take on the Rogers/Shaw merger. Tl dr; the Competition Policy Machine worked exactly how it has been designed. I also share how I see a democratic approach to Competition policy would work for all of us.
Join CAMP February 2, 2023 at 12:00 EST for a more in-depth discussion of the Rogers/Shaw merger. Register here. Or check out a replay here.
Some quick house keeping - I am going to pause new episodes until Spring. Stay subscribed and I'll be back soon.
Links from today's episode:
- Rogers faces doubt over Shaw deal as closing date approaches
- Statement from the Commissioner of Competition on the Federal Court of Appeal's decision regarding the Rogers-Shaw merger
- Rogers, Shaw and Videotron's Cost Submissions
- Commissioner's Cost Submissions
- Globalive takes its offer to buy Freedom Mobile to Shaw
- Consultation on the future of competition policy in Canada
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e20 - Local Banking to Help our Communities
There's a been a lot of banking discussions in the last few months - the Silicon Valley Bank run, Credit Suisse, RBC looking to buy HSBC. There's so much talk about banking and how it fits into our communities. I see local and community banking as a piece of the infrastructure that is necessary for a healthy community, especially the business community. As the banks have merged to become larger, the local decision making and understanding of the local business community has been removed. Every business is the same, but every business is also different. More local understanding of businesses can increase the access to capital available for small businesses and in communities. Credit Unions can be a source of this local banking infrastructure, but they are consolidating themselves to compete with the large banks. One option for the Federal Government to consider - Postal Banking.
Links from today's episode:
- Why almost everyone failed to predict Silicon Valley Bank's collapse
- Depositors pulled $75 billion from Credit Suisse as it veered toward collapse
- Why Canada Needs Postal Banking, CCPA Report
- A bank for everyone, Support Postal Banking
- New Credit Union Is the Largest In New Brunswick
- Canada Post and TD enter strategic alliance to expand access to financial services for Canadians
- Japan Post Bank
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