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areas to make its enforcement more effective, Ms. Hughes
Anthony said.
The bureau should also create a fast track for small and medium-sized businesses, so that they can make better use of Canada's
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As it stands now, this country’s competition rules are - how can we put this? - a farce.
Canadian Business magazine
November 26, 2001
When bigger isn’t better
It’s time for Ottawa to rethink
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more popular one.
The Financial Post
December 5, 2001
Business, individuals can launch appeals
COMPETITION BUREAU: Ottawa accepts amendments on private access
Ian Jack
OTTAWA - Businesses and individuals
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of franchisees whose businesses affect the economy, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
For the first time, the agency recorded and analyzed statistics on franchise businesses in its 2007 economic census
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“Better Business Bureau”
Mandatory membership in associations
National Franchise Council of Canada
Old-fashioned idea that politicians are relevant
Power to publish offenders name
Private right
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Business Bureau”
Industry Canada
Industry in disrepute
Industry likes this regulator
Industry research lacks independent verification
Industry third party attacks
Ineffective marketing
Inexcusable
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Gerry Phillips subsequently sent a letter to federal Industry Minister Jim Prentice, responsible for the Competition Bureau, to see what, if anything, Ottawa could do. The Competition Bureau had also
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food industry.
Two years later Weissman described his experience in franchising as "a nightmare." He had put more than $120,000 into the business and had not made a dime of profit. Worse still
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But the most alarming proposal: A carte blanche authority by the Competition Bureau to examine an industry and interrogate businesses, even in the absence of evidence that would suggest abusive
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firms was drawn from the U.S. Bureau of the Census small business data: all of these firms were surveyed in late 1991 to determine firm survival rates. By late 1991, 38.1 percent of the young
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