Wim wrote; > > When it comes to price fixing, it is not a civil suit we are talking about. > This comes under the heading of violating a federal law. And when it comes to > that, the government doesn't look at how much it costs. They just look at as > a wrong which needs to be prosecuted. And they'll spend millions of dollars, > and countless hours, just to prove they were right. > > Wim > In Canada, we don't have any federal statutes of a similar nature . . if it became a concern, we would strike up a Royal Commission, hire lawyers, rent premises, issue regular media updates, put forth a white paper, investigate a boatload of illegal asian refugees, and perhaps start a new political party, preferably one with the requisite number of politically correct members of whatever disadvantaged group is currently in fashion. We would then have debates in the Houses of Parliament, inquiries into cost overruns, and why the NHL is getting a subsidy, and then remove it and say . .'it wasn't our idea anyway' . Doesn't your federal government have enough to do with all the hoohaa about that poor little cuban boy, and columbian drug lords to worry about a gang of aging, revolutionary, price-fixing piano tooners !!!!!! I think so . . surely our fellow southern tuners arn't THAT paranoid ??? ----------------------------------------------------- Jim Kinnear www.pianoguy.com
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