The business leaders are also in favour of tightened restrictions
on foreign ownership rules for companies in the natural resources sector.
Lacavera wouldn't comment on how competition in Canada's wireless industry will be affected by changes to
foreign ownership rules for small telecom companies.
When business folks do engage on public policy, it tends to directly involve their bottom line, like the recent feud between the big telecommunication companies and Harper
over foreign ownership rules.
For example, the government changed
its foreign ownership rules last year, and ensured that spectrum is set aside for another major player by denying the sale of smaller player Mobilicity's spectrum to incumbent TELUS earlier this month.