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Industry committee To be quite frank with you, Bill C-452 doesn't give parameters or limits, or indicate what grounds we would have to commence an inquiry into that entire industry sector, so I'm not sure how I can answer your question. I can tell you that we currently have the power under the act
December 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Richard Bilodeau
Industry committee There are securities regulators in the provinces, and it is up to them to regulate securities trading. It's not something that's in the Competition Act, and it's not in our mandate to inquire into certain practices in the securities trading sector and the specificity of matters t
December 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Richard Bilodeau
Industry committee I will turn it over to Ms. Einbinder-Miller.
December 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Richard Bilodeau
Industry committee We have that now with the amendments that were brought in in March 2009 and 2010. We have that ability. And it did remove the requirement of the bureau to demonstrate before a judge that a cartel had a significant competitive impact in the marketplace. It makes it much easier to
December 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Richard Bilodeau
Industry committee Do you mean in the recent amendments?
December 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Richard Bilodeau
Industry committee In 2009 there wasn't, no.
December 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Richard Bilodeau
Industry committee I would have to check on that. Off the top of my head, I can't answer that.
December 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Richard Bilodeau
Industry committee We did look when we did the study on Katrina. And a few studies before that looked at the wholesale aspect of the business, not just at the retail but at the entire industry. Monsieur Vincent is right. The RTPC looked at the wholesale market, among other things, in an inquiry tha
December 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Richard Bilodeau
Industry committee It was the director of investigation and research.
December 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Richard Bilodeau
Industry committee In terms of comparing Canada and the United States, there are obviously, as you well know, differences in taxes.
December 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Richard Bilodeau
Industry committee We looked at the most recent Fuel Focus report. My understanding of those numbers is that the wholesale pricing between comparable markets was relatively consistent over time.
December 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Richard Bilodeau
Industry committee Bear in mind that not all complaints received by the bureau necessarily lead to formal investigations under section 10. Forty-five investigations are currently underway, but in 2009, we received between 6,000 and 7,000 complaints. An investigation under section 10 is not automati
December 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Richard Bilodeau
Industry committee Yes, they are.
December 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Richard Bilodeau
Industry committee Yes.
December 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Richard Bilodeau
Industry committee Something is brought to our attention, or we come upon something in the course of our work.
December 9th, 2010Committee meeting
Richard Bilodeau