Some Rogers customers outside of Quebec will soon see a change on their bills. Starting Jan. 17, 2027, the telecommunications company says customers paying a...

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[–] 29 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Customers outside Quebec

  1. English Canada needs better consumer protection laws
  2. Canada needs a nationalised alternative to Visa/MasterCard like a Interac (There's debit but also add credit) or Digital Dollar
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  • [–] 20 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    What they should be doing instead is give a percentage discount for not using a credit card.

    Every time you pay with your credit card it's like you're paying a 2-3% tax to the US. The credit card company gives you a part of that back as "rewards" to motivate customers to continue using it but really it's just raising prices for everyone even those who don't pay by credit card. Meanwhile Interac's processing fees are significantly lower.

    We're sending hundreds of millions of dollars to the US by using our credit cards to pay for everything. I wish people realized that.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Kind of the same thing. But it does sound nicer.

    I'm all for credit card charges. Without them people not using credit cards are subsidizing credit card users.

    And it happens to be.. that poorer people use credit cards less, it's a bit perverse.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (2 children)

    I'd drop credit cards in a heartbeat if I thought it was safe to use direct debit cards out in the world or cash made a comeback.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 week ago

    If it’s anti-consumer then you should automatically assume Rogers is either doing it, will do it, or did it and got caught but the CRTC did nothing.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Please fewer videos or at least post transcripts. Im not giving youtube clicks but this seems important.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Sounds like Rogers is asking me to change to another provider

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    I use a Rogers Mastercard for my billing. Does it apply to their own credit card? πŸ€”

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago*

    Customers outside Quebec

    The real answers to Quebec separatism has always been for English Canada to be more like Quebec.

    Except for antimuslim laws.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago

    What bullshit.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago

    Long past time to bring out the pitchforks.

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  • Remember promises of a competitive telecom landscape? I don't either.

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