In an ideal world, we get cheap telecom services, minimal regulation of the internet, and robust news ecosystems financed by the telcos. In the real world, at least one of those objectives may need to be abandoned.
If a future Prime Minister Poilievre wants to bring down inflation without leaning against wage gains and risk the inroads he’s been attempting to make with organized labour, then he’ll need to figure out a solution to Canada’s productivity morass.