Why is Apple forcing me to buy an Android phone?

I am paying hundreds of dollars a month because Apple has refused to let any Canadian carriers sell iPhones with North America Wide unlimited Talk & Data plans.  However all of them offer this on Android (with HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS IN SAVINGS).
Why can't apple allow at least 1 phone with this type of plan?  I would LOVE to be spending this money on other apple products, rather than paying the wireless providers!!!
THIS *****!!!

It's not my supplier.  Here in Canada we have at least 5 carriers that offer the iPhone.  TELUS, Rogers, Fido, Koodo, and Bell.  Not one of them are able to offer the iPhone with unlimited data & voice plans.
However ALL OF THEM offer Android phones with this option, as well as HTC Phones, and Blackberry....in fact every carrier offers North American unlimited data and voice plans with every other phone manufacturer...the ONLY phone you can't get it with is the iPhone.
There isn't any way these carriers could all be avoiding this type of plan unless they were being told they couldn't.  I wouldn't have believed the salespeople in the stores if I hadn't been told the same thing in every store on the same day!!
I currently my family owns 3 Apple computers, 2 iPhones, 1 iPad and 1 apple TV.
It's a shame that I have to go android with my phone now, but it appears that apple isn't interested in helping consumers maintain reasonable plan pricing against google.

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