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Old 05-01-2007, 12:59 PM   #10
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http://www.calgarygasprices.com/

And there have been many investigations into collusion in gas prices, but unless you can prove they got together and planned to raise the price of gas there isn't really much they can be charged with.

When I lived in Ont, one year I drove to Ottawa for Canada Day. Around the same time there were some MPs talking about collusion and why does the price of gas always go up around long weekends. I noticed that when driving that at about 100km before I got there the price of gas dropped. I thought that was kind of fishy.

It is very difficult for the Competition Bureau to prove price fixing or collusion. They are required to prove intent, and that is tough.
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