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For those that seek a future that brings together the best of the insights and objectives of people who, within the social democratic and democratic socialist traditions, have worked through farmer, labour, co-operative, feminist, human rights and environmental movements, and with First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, to build a more just, equal, and sustainable Canada within a global community dedicated to the same goals.

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How can we make the market more competitive while also starting up crown corporations? (self.ndp)

submitted 11 months ago by Beaver to c/ndp

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I will limit my scope to utility companies as that the industry I work in.

Crown corporations should own distribution and access assets. Underground ducts, Data cables, mobile towers, power cables and poles, water pipes and plants, sewerage pipes and plants and such.

For profit companies should be able to interconnect to that infrastructure at a regulated public listed wholesale price for supply and consumption. They should act as a value added reseller. This will lower the barrier to entry for new companies as they are on the same footing as existing companies.

As an example, say PowerPro Pty want into the power market, they buy at the regulated consumption amount and sell for whatever markup they think they can get away with. If they want to expand into power generation, well they know the regulated wholesale price for providing to the grid, they can do their cost analysis. But now they want to get I to the water business so they start bundling power and water plans to customers.