The Competition Bureau announcing criminal charges have been laid against Irving Oil and Serge Parent, Irving Oil’s manager in Quebec, for fixing the price of retail gasoline in Victoriaville, Thetford Mines and Sherbrooke.
Three charges have been laid against Irving Oil and three against Parent.
By using a number of investigative tools, including wiretaps and searches, the Bureau claims in certain local Quebec markets gas retailers, or their representatives, communicated with one another to agree on the price they would charge customers for gasoline.
