Did you know that the Canada has the highest cell phone fees in the developed world? As someone who pays $60/month for a pretty basic service package (a modest number of minutes, no long distance or Internet plan), I must say I’m not surprised. The Canadian wireless industry is simply not favorable to consumers. We pay $80-$100 a year in unnecessary system access fees; we’re locked into long-term contracts (it would cost me $200 if I wanted to leave Rogers before my contract expires); and our phones only work with the service provider we bought them from. Sure, we finally got phone number portability last week — but we should have had that years ago.

If the NDP can push to get rid of ATM fees, surely something can be done about the sorry state of the cell phone market in this country.

(Hat tip to Michael Geist, as usual.)