Amazon Again Being Investigated by Competition Bureau

Amazon Again Being Investigated by Competition Bureau
An Amazon warehouse north of Calgary in Balzac, Alta., on May 4, 2020. (The Canadian Press)/Jeff McIntosh)
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Amazon is again being investigated by the Competition Bureau in Canada. This time, the bureau is probing the online giant to determine if Amazon engages in any anti-competitive practices on its Canadian marketplace, Amazon.ca.

After an investigation in 2017, Amazon paid a $1 million penalty for misleading pricing practices, often comparing its prices to a regular price, or “list price,” creating the impression that prices for items offered on www.amazon.ca were lower than prevailing market prices.