The Financial Post reports in its Wednesday edition that an Ottawa think-tank in a new report is urging the federal government to abandon the telecom policies championed by its predecessor. The Post's Emily Jackson quotes the Macdonald-Laurier Institute warning the Trudeau government that it would be a "mistake" to maintain the Conservatives' push for a fourth national wireless carrier. The institute warns that requiring big players to sell wholesale access to their high-speed Internet networks, including fibre-to-the-home access, led to underinvestment in Europe. "Europe's experience in the past decades offers a salutary lesson of the risks of heavy-handed government regulation of digital networks," according to the report released Wednesday. The Liberals, however, look like they will keep the Harper government's consumer-friendly policies. The government has not yet spelled out its telecom policy, but earlier this year the Liberals upheld a Conservative decision to mandate access to fibre networks despite a legal challenge from BCE. Industry watchers believe the real tell on the Liberals' telecom stance will be whether the feds approve Bell's proposed $3.9-billion acquisition of Manitoba Telecom Services.