May 4, 2026 · 36 min · 14 segments
The recent announcement that Rogers is offering buyouts to half of its workforce is just the tip of the iceberg in a series of developments involving one of Canada’s dominant communications companies…
Michael GeistHost
We've known each other for a long time in, in your many lives as a journalist and then, uh, time with Tech Savvy, and now, uh, publishing Do Not Pass Go, which is a, a regular newsletter and podcast focused on competition, monopoly, corporate concentration issues in Canada.
And, you know, I have to say, as far as I know, it's really, I think, the only journalism venture in the country that's been so focused right now on that beat with that particular emphasis, especially on telecommunications.
And it was triggered by the latest CCTS complaint numbers, but it came the same week as Rogers cut capital spending, offered buyout packages to roughly half of its 22,000 employees.
We've known each other for a long time in, in your many lives as a journalist and then, uh, time with Tech Savvy, and now, uh, publishing Do Not Pass Go, which is a, a regular newsletter and podcast focused on competition, monopoly, corporate concentration issues in Canada.
And, you know, I have to say, as far as I know, it's really, I think, the only journalism venture in the country that's been so focused right now on that beat with that particular emphasis, especially on telecommunications.
And it was triggered by the latest CCTS complaint numbers, but it came the same week as Rogers cut capital spending, offered buyout packages to roughly half of its 22,000 employees.
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