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…self-regulation for franchising is a recipe for trouble.
The Toronto Star
December 27, 1994
Franchising industry rules should be made in public
John Lorinc
We Canadians like to make the casual
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Like any business investment, buying into a franchise is a gamble. But the lack of provincial legislation to regulate the industry makes that risk particularly acute in Ontario, home of about two
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, Disclosure laws: 10 per cent solution, Code of ethics, a joke, Hates publicity, Mask of respectability, Mask of respectability, Veneer of egalitarianism, Tobacco-industry-type defense, Fox to guard the henhouse (self-regulation), Sham of self-regulation, Canada, 19931022 Franchise industry
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Association, CFA, Mask of respectability, Survivability (franchisee and franchisor), Sham of self-regulation, Government guaranteed loans, Siren song, Small Business Act, Only one side presented, Sincerity, Canada, 19960216 Franchise Industry
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will likely have to wait a lot longer for legislation, even though the industry is experiencing difficulties today that are similar to those considered by an Ontario government committee in 1971
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business investor, the outcome is the same, Industry Canada, Industry in disrepute, Industry elites like this regulator, Knew or could have reasonably been expected to know, Lender's due diligence not done
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: for the small business investor, the outcome is the same, Industry Canada, Industry in disrepute, Industry elites like this regulator, Lender's due diligence not done properly, Lending duty, Lending
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to the Power Imbalance even thought it recognizes that most industry problems stem from the relationship following contract execution.
Scope, Approach And Necessity Of Legislative Regulation
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, Reputational risk, Run government like a business, Self-regulation means the fox would guard the henhouse, Selling franchises same as stocks, mutual funds, lending, and securities, Disclosure laws
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of the legislation, the desire of the industry to regulate itself through a commission of peers, and – tellingly – because franchisors say legislation will still not prevent the most serious conflicts
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