Competition Bureau Recommends Changes

The Competition Bureau has released its report studying self-regulated professions in Canada, i.e., accountants, lawyers, optometrists, pharmacists and real estate agents.

Among the many recommendations, the Bureau suggested:

• More uniform education and experience for broker registration, across the various provincial/territorial jurisdictions.
• Increasing mobility between jurisdictions.
• Limiting advertising restrictions to protecting consumers from false/misleading advertising.
• And in Ontario, allowing services to be priced as a combination of a percentage and fixed amount, as opposed to one or the other.

Source: Consumers and economy would benefit from reduction in regulation in professions, a Competition Bureau study finds (Competition Bureau)