Waste Services Companies Trashed Consent Agreement, Bureau says
The Competition Bureau has charged two waste companies, Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. and its subsidiary, BFI Canada Inc., with violating several terms of a consent agreement they entered into with the Bureau in June 2010. The June 2010 consent agreement resolved the Bureau’s concerns that a merger between IESI-BFC Ltd. and Waste Services Inc. (now known as ‘Progressive’) would reduce competition in commercial waste collection services in Calgary, Edmonton, Hamilton, Ottawa and Simcoe County. The consent agreement required the companies to divest commercial waste collection assets, contracts, vehicles, bins and other equipment in these markets. The companies also agreed not ... [more] Full article
Charges laid for Online Business Directory Schemers
On September 4, 2012, four companies and individuals are scheduled to appear in the Quebec Provincial Court following charges laid for deceptive telemarketing activities. After a Competition Bureau investigation, criminal ... [more] Full article
More guilty pleas from Sewer Bid-Riggers
The Competition Bureau has garnered yet another guilty plea in its clean-up of the Montreal sewer bid-rigging conspiracy. Canalisation Nord Américaine Ltée pleaded guilty in the Quebec Superior Court last ... [more] Full article
Real estate consulting firm guilty of bid rigging
The Competition Bureau’s prosecution of the real estate advisory bid-rigging conspiracy for federal contracts continued with the announcement on July 30 that Corporate Research Group (CRG), pleaded guilty. CRG collaborated ... [more] Full article
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