Higher tech, lower competition? It shouldn’t be this way

If you had engine problems in the past, you made a few calls to some shops, got a couple of quotes, and chose on who you would give your business to. Unfortunately, the choices are becoming limited.

Vehicles, like this Tesla Model 3, are becoming like cellphones, connected wirelessly at all times.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Creative Commons

Opinion

BY JEAN-FRANçOIS CHAMPAGNE

August 22, 2022

The term “off the grid” got a whole new meaning last month when more than 10 million Canadians from coast to coast to coast woke up to discover their cell phone service and internet connection had gone down. In a world that depends on connectivity, millions of Canadians had no choice but to sit...

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