Industry committee  On the private right of action, obviously we take the law as it is given to us. The law hasn't come into force. I know there has been a pause on the implementation of this legislation. We have some experience in this area, because private right of action provisions were introduce

Industry committee  It has given the opportunity for private litigants to seek redress with respect to certain offences. Our involvement, though, has been minimal; we haven't intervened in any cases. Again, we're looking at competition issues that go beyond the immediate parties that are affected, a

Industry committee  I believe we are. I think we're working within the confines of our law, and our resolutions reflect those realities.

Industry committee  We can certainly come back with more detailed data that might help position Canada vis-à-vis other law enforcement partners.

Industry committee  Very good.

Industry committee  We apply the rules or the law as set out in the Competition Act. We look at representations. We don't carve out, for example, a charity. We don't carve out members of Parliament. We apply the law as it speaks. When we look at a representation, we look at it in the context of wh

Industry committee  It depends. If you look at Hertz, for example, there were no costs levied against Hertz and Dollar Thrifty. But we weren't even on inquiry, at that point. The company came in, and we negotiated a resolution. They wanted to co-operate. We want to achieve compliance. Fundamentally,

Industry committee  Well, I believe our record speaks for itself, quite frankly. I've given you some examples of consent agreements. The resolutions have yielded $26 million in administrative monetary penalties, $25 million in consumer restitution, and $1.5 million paid to charities. That's—

Industry committee  I think we're doing a fairly good job in what we have and in the legislation that we have before us. In the Volkswagen matter, we resolved the case as well with respect to the 2.0-litre engines—$15 million in administrative monetary penalties and $2.1 billion in restitution to Ca

Industry committee  We work well with our American counterparts as well. We collaborate with the FTC as is necessary.

Industry committee  It's interesting you might ask. We have a pretty good track record on repeat offenders. On the record, we currently have one case, the Matthew Hovila case. The individual had agreed to a consent agreement, under the Competition Act, and a few years later decided to repeat the con

Industry committee  Again, that's one example—

Industry committee  —out of a large number of consent agreements.

Industry committee  Amazon is a company that crosses the Canadian border. That would be one example of extra-jurisdictional reach. Obviously, the law confines us to our Canadian borders.

Industry committee  We continue to make the most of our resources. We take stock of our enforcement experience. We review evolving trends in international best practices to ensure our enforcement actions remain modern and relevant. Each investigation is different. The costs vary from one case to ano