TORONTO — In a decision that effectively plows through a giant snowbank created by the Commissioner of Competition for the nation of Canada, with only one individual — Francois-Philippe Champagne — empowered to block it, Rogers Communications’ proposed $15 billion merger with Shaw Communications — which includes a spin off Shaw’s Freedom Mobile unit to Québec-based Vidéotron — has been given the green light by the Federal Court of Appeal in Ottawa.
