If the government allows the merger then, it's another sign they really don't give a crap about price manipulation and are cheering continued rises in inflation. Some type of buyout of PD would be ok but not a merger of this scale. Inco already got taken out and will be part of CVRD. The result is price monopoly. I think a lot of these politicians are being paid off to allow this crap to go through! Allowing these mega-mergers is a sure way to guarantee these high commodity prices to continue.
