Not trying to stir the pot too much, that's why I've omitted names and such. And to be perfectly honest I could be flat out wrong as many here seem to think. Fair enough.
Here is an excerpt from the Competition Act:
45. (1) Every person commits an offence
who, with a competitor of that person with respect
to a product, conspires, agrees or arranges
(a) to fix, maintain, increase or control the
price for the supply of the product;
(b) to allocate sales, territories, customers or
markets for the production or supply of the
product; or
(c) to fix, maintain, control, prevent, lessen
or eliminate the production or supply of the
product.
(2) Every person who commits an offence
under subsection (1) is guilty of an indictable
offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 14 years or to a
fine not exceeding $25 million, or to both.
I get that a store owner can set a price and say it's final. I just don't get how a region of dealerships owned by different people can get together and do the same thing.
These are the worst offenses as they are pure restrictions to the competition.
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