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As it stands now, this country’s competition rules are - how can we put this? - a farce.
Canadian Business magazine
November 26, 2001
When bigger isn’t better
It’s time for Ottawa to rethink
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of thousands of franchisees whose businesses affect the economy, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
For the first time, the agency recorded and analyzed statistics on franchise businesses in its 2007
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admitted to participating in a scheme to increase packaged bread prices for more than 14 years, saying it will co-operate with a Competition Bureau investigation into the industry.
And Loblaw says
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“Better Business Bureau”
Mandatory membership in associations
National Franchise Council of Canada
Old-fashioned idea that politicians are relevant
Power to publish offenders name
Private right
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Individuals with a very successful career history
Industry “Better Business Bureau”
Industry Canada
Industry in disrepute
Industry likes this regulator
Industry research lacks independent verification
Industry
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Services Minister Gerry Phillips subsequently sent a letter to federal Industry Minister Jim Prentice, responsible for the Competition Bureau, to see what, if anything, Ottawa could do. The Competition
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But the most alarming proposal: A carte blanche authority by the Competition Bureau to examine an industry and interrogate businesses, even in the absence of evidence that would suggest abusive
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away with
General counsel
Have needed more statistics for +30 years
Horror stories are merely anecdotal
Industry “Better Business Bureau”
International Franchise Association, IFA
McDonald’s not so lily
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of these young firms was drawn from the U.S. Bureau of the Census small business data: all of these firms were surveyed in late 1991 to determine firm survival rates. By late 1991, 38.1 percent of the young
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fraud is starving for funds. It is the Federal Competition Bureau, an Industry Canada orphan trying to survive on scraps.
Unless the Chrétien government quickly finds what amounts to loose change
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