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The Roblin Government created Manitoba’s first crown corporations. Under Premier Roblin, the province bought the Bell Telephone Co., created a successful government telephone system, and established the first effective public utilities commission in the nation. The official name of the company, designated by Order-in-Council No. 12545, dated January 15, 1908, was Manitoba Government Telephones. The development of the Manitoba Government Telephones, the first such system on the continent, began in response to a growing demand for the principle of public ownership of public utilities. |