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Originally Posted by Flames in 07
One last thing, is that although the conversation has shifted to being quite balanced here which is good, the gasoline retail industry has been likely the most scrutized business in Canada. if there was any shenanigans, it would have been found. Any MP who wants to be PM would be the one to find the smoking gun.
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There was some shenanigans at the retail level earlier this year.
MONTREAL -- The Competition Bureau has charged 13 people and 11 companies -- in what it called a cartel -- with gas-price fixing in four different Quebec cities.
The companies that were charged are: Les Petroles Therrien Inc., operating under the Petro-T banner, and Distributions Petrolieres Therrien Inc. ($179,000), and Ultramar Inc. ($1,850,000). One individual, Jacques Ouellet, an employee of Ultramar, also pleaded guilty and was fined $50,000.
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=583036