Competition Act

[Darryl Moore]

Thanks Michael. I do recall Russell's stories of his interactions with
the bureau several years ago.

WRT not investigating without multiple complaints. It does make
complaining seem futile, but at the same time makes it that much more
important that the complaints be filed. I do not believe it costs
anything to file a complaint. It just requires 6 signatures. So there is
really nothing to lose.

We all know the bureau to be rather ineffective. While both the US and
EU where able to make anti-competitive rulings against MS, our
competition bureau has done nothing.

Perhaps a few access to information requests regarding previous related
complaints would be a good way to go in terms of getting information out
of them.

Previously MS has been criticized for their browser or media player
bundling. My complaint is markedly different. While regulated under the
same section of the act, I am complaining about a blatant restriction on
what software may be used with their software.

The previous complaints only directly affected other big, and foreign,
companies. The core of my complaint affect system integrators and of all
sizes in Canada. As such, I think it is possible that it will have a bit
more traction within the bureau.

cheers,
darryl

mcr at simtone.net wrote:
> File away!
> 
> A problem with the Canadian competition bureau is that themselves
> procured MS software without proper RFPs!!! 
> A second problem is that they won't disclose who they are investigating,
> so it's hard to actually accumulate evidence!  And if they don't get
> multiple complaints, they don't investigate...
> 
> Russell can say more.
>