Most Manitobans dislike the multibillion-dollar out-of-province acquisition of Manitoba Telecom Service by Bell, a new survey says. Fifty-three per cent thought that the sale would also be bad when it came to prices Manitobans pay. A month ago, Bell Canada Enterprises agreed to buy Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. in a deal valued at $3.9 billion, $3.1 billion for the company plus BCE will assume $800 million worth of MTS debt. (Angus Reid Institute )Only 21 per cent of people polled thought the sale would be good for the province as a whole. The poll of 450 adult Manitobans revealed that 61 per cent of people disapproved of the sale and nearly half thought it would be bad for the provincial marketplace.

Source: CBC News June 01, 2016 21:11 UTC