What are some examples of recent penalties imposed for breach of the criminal conspiracy provisions?
The Competition Bureau recently announced that Solvay Chemicals has been fined Cdn. $2.5 million in relation to its role in a hydrogen peroxide price-fixing conspiracy. See Solvay Chemicals Fined $2.5 Million in Hydrogen Peroxide Price-Fixing Conspiracy. The Competition Bureau has also recently laid 28 additional charges in its ongoing investigation of a gasoline price-fixing cartel in Quebec. See: Quebec Gasoline Price-fixing Case. In the past fifteen years there have been more than eighty convictions for cartel offences in Canada with total fines of approximately $250 million.
