CT - 88 / 1 IN THE MATTER OF an application by the Director of Investigation and Research under subsection 64(1) of the Competition Act, R.S.C. 1970, c. C-23, as amended;
AND IN THE MATTER OF a Limited Partnership formed to combine the operations of the Reservec and Pegasus computer reservation systems;
AND IN THE MATTER OF The Gemini Group Automated Distribution Systems Inc.; AND IN THE MATTER OF an application by the Director of Investigation and Research under section 106 of the Competition Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. C-34, as amended,to vary the Consent Order of the Tribunal dated July 7, 1989.
B E T W E E N : The Director of Investigation and Research Applicant - and -Air Canada PWA Corporation Canadian Airlines International Ltd. The Gemini Group Limited Partnership The Gemini Group Automated Distribution Systems Inc. Covia Canada Corp. Covia Canada Partnership Corp.
Respondents - and -Consumers' Association of Canada American Airlines, Inc. Attorney General of Manitoba Alliance of Canadian Travel Associations Bios Computing Corporation IBM Canada Ltd. VIA Rail Canada Inc. Unisys Canada Inc. Council of Canadian Airlines Employees Attorney General of Alberta
Intervenors ORDER VARYING EFFECTIVE DATE OF ORDER ISSUED NOVEMBER 24, 1993
- 2 -Decided on the basis of the written record.
Presiding Member: The Honourable Mr. Justice Barry L. Strayer Lay Members: Dr. Frank Roseman Mr. L. Jack Smith
- 3 -COMPETITION TRIBUNAL
ORDER VARYING EFFECTIVE DATE OF ORDER ISSUED NOVEMBER 24, 1993
The Director of Investigation and Research v. Air Canada et al.
FURTHER TO the Order Varying Consent Order Dated July 7, 1989, issued on November 24, 1993;
AND FURTHER TO paragraph 106(b) of the Competition Act ("Act") and the notice of application filed by PWA Corporation ("PWA") and Canadian Airlines International Ltd. ("Canadian");
AND WITH the consent of all parties; THE TRIBUNAL ORDERS THAT: 1. Pursuant to section 38 of the Competition Tribunal Rules, the rules governing the application for an order shall not apply to the application by PWA and Canadian under paragraph 106(b) of the Act for a variation on consent.
- 4 -2. Paragraph 2 of the Order Varying Consent Order Dated July 7, 1989, issued on November 24, 1993, shall be amended to read as follows: "Paragraphs 5 to 12 of this order shall come into effect on December 24, 1993, unless the parties file with the Tribunal on or before December 20, 1993 an alternate form of order which is acceptable to all parties and which is approved and issued by the Tribunal on or before December 23, 1993."
3. Paragraph 4 of the Order Varying Consent Order Dated July 7, 1989, issued on November 24, 1993, shall be amended to read as follows: "An intervenor that wishes to comment on the proposed alternate form of order shall serve any comments on the parties and other intervenors and shall file the comments with the Tribunal by noon on December 22, 1993."
DATED at Ottawa, this 8th day of December, 1993. SIGNED on behalf of the Tribunal by the presiding judicial member.
(s) B.L. Strayer B.L. Strayer