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{
"time": "2009-02-23 21:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. John McKay",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1320312\" data-originallang=\"en\">Okay. Thank you.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1320313\" data-originallang=\"en\">This question is to Ms. Bose and Mr. Janigan.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1320314\" data-originallang=\"en\">We had representations earlier in the day from Mr. Beauchamp of the Canadian Real Estate Association. His argument was that removing the undue lessening of competition requirement would require that the resulting provisions be overly broad. Without the qualification of \u201cundue\u201d, a very wide range of agreements would fall within the scope of the offence. His point was that he liked the legislation the way it currently is; that it is almost impossible to prove undue restriction in competition, leave it as it is. If you change it, then you'll catch a whole bunch of unintended consequences.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1320315\" data-originallang=\"en\">What's your response to Mr. Beauchamp's position?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1320312\" data-originallang=\"en\">D'accord. Merci. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1320313\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ma prochaine question s'adresse \u00e0 Mme Bose et M. Janigan. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1320314\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous avons re\u00e7u plus t\u00f4t aujourd'hui, M. Beauchamp, de l'Association canadienne de l'immeuble. Il a fait valoir que si l'on supprimait l'exigence de restriction \u00ab indue \u00bb de la concurrence, les dispositions restantes auraient une port\u00e9e trop g\u00e9n\u00e9rale. Il a dit qu'en fait, en omettant ce crit\u00e8re de caract\u00e8re \u00ab indu \u00bb, un tr\u00e8s grand nombre d'ententes ou de contrats entreraient dans le cadre du d\u00e9lit. Selon lui, la loi en vigueur n'a pas besoin d'\u00eatre chang\u00e9e, car il est \u00e0 peu pr\u00e8s impossible de prouver qu'il y a eu r\u00e9duction indue de la concurrence. Si des changements sont apport\u00e9s, un large \u00e9ventail de situations deviendront assujetties \u00e0 la loi sans qu'on ne le souhaite vraiment. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1320315\" data-originallang=\"en\">Que pensez-vous de la position de M. Beauchamp?</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/finance/40-2/9/john-mckay-3/",
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"source_id": "2610462",
"document_url": "/committees/finance/40-2/9/",
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}