MPs have voted unanimously to summon the chief executives of Canada's three largest telecommunications companies to testify at a federal committee as it studies the accessibility and affordability of wireless and broadband services.
A motion put forward Wednesday at the
The committee had previously invited the trio, along with
While Péladeau answered that call earlier this month, Wednesday's meeting heard from other witnesses representing each of the Big 3.
"With all due respect to them, they are not the ones that this committee requested appear," said Davies.
"I believe that(these CEOs) have already been requested to appear by the committee, my understanding is on two separate occasions, and have not," he said.
"I think it's appropriate to issue summons for them to appear to answer questions on these extremely important matters of national interest to all Canadians from coast to coast to coast."
Asked for comment on the motion, spokespersons for Rogers and Telus did not immediately respond.
Bell spokeswoman
Some members of the committee say they are concerned about cellphone and internet prices in
Those MPs sounded the alarm in January, when Rogers confirmed prices were going up by an average of
Telus chief financial officer
On Monday, representatives of the
CRTC chief of consumer, research and communications
But he said that is largely in line with international trends of telecom prices going down. Hutton said many Canadians don't feel their bills are getting lighter and the regulator is "certainly of the opinion that Canadians pay too much for their services."
"We will be closely monitoring cellphone service prices to ensure that the recent price increase announced in January does not become a trend," he said.
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Note to readers: This is a corrected story. A previous version of this story stated the CRTC representatives met with committee on Tuesday.
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