I initially thought public and freedom were in a price war. Not that I'm a fan of freedom but they are winning decisively. Here is there offer today. C'mon public, you can match this.
Few questions about this. Did you say yes within 90 minutes when porting your number? When you say you cancelled your bell service, do you mean port your number as this automatically cancels service? I hope you didn't phone and cancel service before ...
It wasn't necessary to activate the new SIM card but just change your SIM card number within your account. I believe you'll need a new SIM card as this one is used and do as above.