| Competition Tribunal
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Tribunal de la Concurrence
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Reference: The Commissioner of Competition v. The Toronto Real Estate Board, 2014 Comp. Trib. 5
File No.: CT-2011-003
Registry Document No.: 256
IN THE MATTER OF the Competition Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-34, as amended;
AND IN THE MATTER OF an application by the Commissioner of Competition pursuant to section 79 of the Competition Act;
AND IN THE MATTER OF certain rules, policies and agreements relating to the residential multiple listing service of the Toronto Real Estate Board.
| BETWEEN:
The Commissioner of Competition
(applicant)
and
The Toronto Real Estate Board
(respondent)
and
The Canadian Real Estate Association
(intervenor)
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Decided on the basis of the written record
Presiding Judicial Member: Simpson J.
Date of Order: April 23, 2014
Order signed by: Madam Justice S. Simpson
ORDER QUASHING THE ORDER GRANTING REALTYSELLERS REAL ESTATE INC. LEAVE TO INTERVENE
[1]
FURTHER to the Order of November 2, 2011, granting Realtysellers Real Estate Inc. leave to intervene;
[2]
AND WHEREAS a Further Hearing for the reconsideration of the Commissioner’s application filed on May 27, 2011, is scheduled to take place in October 2014;
[3]
AND WHEREAS no one appeared on behalf of Realtysellers Real Estate Inc. at the Initial Hearing, which was held from September 10, 2012, to October 18, 2012, and no written submissions were filed on its behalf;
THE TRIBUNAL ORDERS THAT:
[4]
To the extent only that the Tribunal’s Order of November 2, 2011 granted Realtysellers Real Estate Inc. leave to intervene, it is quashed. CREA’s right to intervene is not affected by this Order.
| DATED at Ottawa, this 23rd day of April, 2014.
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| SIGNED on behalf of the Tribunal by the judicial member who is case managing this proceeding.
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| (s) Sandra J. Simpson
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