But metering supply to demand or charging the highest price you can obtain from the market can be looked at in a number of different ways. It can be looked at as firms seeking to maximize returns or it can be looked at as some form of inappropriate pricing. But the Competition Act is not a vehicle for price regulation and it doesn't make it unlawful for firms to charge high prices. I say that with all recognition that high prices have a very significant effect on Canadian farmers, and on Canadians generally, whereas, as I mentioned earlier, it's a different situation if those high prices are a result of the contravention of the act, such as a conspiracy to fix prices or other anti-competitive forms of agreement, an agreement to reduce output, for example.
On May 28th, 2009. See this statement in context.