Competition Tribunal Tribunal de la Concurrence CT - 1990 / 001 – Doc # 296 IN THE MATTER of an application by the Director of Investigation and Research for orders pursuant to section 92 of the Competition Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. C-34, as amended;
AND IN THE MATTER of the direct and indirect acquisitions by Southam Inc. of equity interests in the businesses of publishing The Vancouver Courier, the North Shore News and the Real Estate Weekly.
B E T W E E N: The Director of Investigation and Research Applicant - and - Southam Inc. Lower Mainland Publishing Ltd. Rim Publishing Inc. Yellow Cedar Properties Ltd. North Shore Free Press Ltd. Specialty Publishers Inc. Elty Publications Ltd.
Respondents
CONSENT ORDER REGARDING STAY OF DIVESTITURE ORDER AND CONTINUATION OF CONSENT INTERIM ORDER
Date of Hearing: January 29, 1993 Presiding Member: The Honourable Mr. Justice Max M. Teitelbaum Lay Members: Dr. Frank Roseman Mr. Victor Clarke
Counsel for the Applicant: Director of Investigation and Research Stanley Wong Mary L. Ruhl
Counsel for the Respondents: Southam Inc. Lower Mainland Publishing Ltd. Rim Publishing Inc. Yellow Cedar Properties Ltd. North Shore Free Press Ltd. Specialty Publishers Inc. Elty Publications Ltd.
Glenn F. Leslie John J. Quinn
COMPETITION TRIBUNAL CONSENT ORDER REGARDING STAY OF DIVESTITURE ORDER AND CONTINUATION OF CONSENT INTERIM ORDER
The Director of Investigation and Research v. Southam Inc. et al.
FURTHER TO the appeal filed by the Director of Investigation and Research in the Federal Court of Appeal under No. A-1093-92 in respect of the Reasons and Order rendered by the Tribunal on June 2, 1992;
AND FURTHER TO the appeal filed by the respondents in the Federal Court of Appeal under No. A-1668-92 in respect of the Reasons and Decision Regarding Remedy rendered by the Tribunal on December 10, 1992 and the Order Regarding Divestiture dated March 8, 1993 made pursuant thereto;
AND FURTHER TO the Consent Interim Order dated March 18, 1991, as corrected by the order dated March 22, 1991 and as varied by the Order Varying Consent Interim Order dated November 24, 1992, which orders are attached hereto as Schedules "A", "B" and "C", respectively;
AND FURTHER TO the consent of the parties, filed herein;
THE TRIBUNAL ORDERS THAT: 1. The execution of the Order Regarding Divestiture shall be stayed pending the disposition of the said appeals.
2. The Consent Interim Order, as corrected and varied, shall continue in full force and effect pending the disposition of the said appeals.
DATED at Ottawa, this 8 th day of March, 1993. SIGNED on behalf of the Tribunal by the presiding judicial member. (s) M.M. Teitelbaum M.M. Teitelbaum