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House Hansard - 265

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 11, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 265 - Dec/11/23
Mr. Ryan Williams
  • Dec/11/23 12:32:27 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-56 
Madam Speaker, let us talk about hypocrisy, then, for a minute. Here are the mergers that have been approved by the Competition Bureau since the Trudeau government has been in power: Air Canada was approved to buy—
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Context: House Hansard - 265 - Dec/11/23
Mr. Ryan Williams
  • Dec/11/23 12:32:46 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-56 
I am sorry, Madam Speaker. I did not even realize I did that. Here are the mergers that have gone through: Air Canada and Air Transat in 2019, approved by the Competition Bureau; Rogers and Shaw in 2022; RBC approved to buy HSBC in 2023; WestJet buying Sunwing in 2022; Superior Propane buying Canexus in 2018; and Sobeys approved to buy Farm Boy in 2018. The hypocrisy knows no bounds.
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Context: House Hansard - 265 - Dec/11/23
Hon. Ed Fast (Abbotsford, CPC)
  • Dec/11/23 12:59:58 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-56 
Madam Speaker, all the legislation in the world and all the regulations in the world will not help us make our environment and economy more competitive if we do not have a government that has the backbone to say no to anti-competitive mergers. There have been a lot of mergers over the last eight years that the Liberal government has approved, and those mergers have reduced competition in the marketplace here in Canada. Has the Bloc supported those mergers or does it support a more cautious approach to making sure Canadians have full competition, so the price of groceries and the price of housing go down in this country?
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