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Quebec filling stations fixed prices: watchdog
Thu Jun 12, 5:17 PM ET
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada's competition watchdog said on Thursday 13 people and 11 companies were charged with price-fixing at gasoline stations in Quebec following an investigation that included wiretaps, searches and informants.
The Competition Bureau said a Quebec court imposed C$2 million ($2 million) in fines against three of the companies and one person who pleaded guilty to the conspiracy against a backdrop of sky-high pump prices.
Criminal charges were laid under competition legislation after the bureau gathered evidence of agreements among station operators to set pump prices .