It's $45 for .5MB AND 150 minutes. not just .5, it's $25 for just the .5MB.
But yes, data in canada is very expensive compared to our southern neighbours, and overseas. Mostly because Canada just introduced LNP (WNP to some) and our cellular market is fairly young in some aspects. Also because our population is so wide spread it costs our carriers alot more than TMO for example, more land to cover less customers. Now that LNP is here, let's sit back and watch the prices drop.
And yes, stop whining on forums, with customer service and in our stores about the prices, we can't do anything about it, goto the top to get to the bottom of it.