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An Air Canada flight departing for Toronto, bottom, taxis to a runway as a WestJet flight bound for Palm Springs takes off at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., in 2020. HE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

The Competition Bureau wants more airline competition, but it won’t solve Canada’s aviation challenges

The Competition Bureau frames competition as the solution to the many challenges facing the airline industry, but this overlooks the limitations of relying on increased competition alone.
Cineplex has been fined by the Competition Tribunal for allegedly engaging in deceptive marketing practices. A Cineplex Odeon theatre in Toronto is shown on Dec. 16, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim

Cineplex’s $38.9 million fine is a wake‑up call about corporate sustainability practices

By failing to manage sustainability issues such as those affecting social capital, environmental capital, and leadership and governance, companies may face direct financial impacts.
Canadians first learned about a price-fixing scandal that raised the wholesale price of bread in 2017, when Loblaw and George Weston revealed their part in it. A worker restocks shelves at an Atlantic Superstore grocery in Halifax in January 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kelly Clark

Show me the money: Canada Bread penalty raises questions about criminal fines

Why is the $50 million going to the government and not to those who overpaid for bread? The answer is complicated.

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