Sunny Days Foods Ltd. is a new business that produces organic herbs and oils. It has been trying to sell its products to the major grocery retailers but has been told by the retailers that they cannot stock any organic herb or oil products other than those produced by Wholesome World Foods Inc. or they will lose their product discounts from Wholesome World Foods Inc. This is making it impossible for Sunny Days Foods Ltd. to break into the market.

a. What government body can Sunny Days Foods Ltd. contact to file a complaint, and by what means can it be filed?

b. If the Competition Bureau believes that Wholesome World Foods Inc. 's actions are significantly harming competition, which provision of the Competition Act is likely being violated?

2.Marie is the CEO of Minox Lte, a small machine shop that does business with several large auto manufacturers. Several years ago, a competitor's CEO asked Marie whether Minox would like to create a trade association to discuss common business issues like marketing practices and pricing. Marie said she was not interested. Shortly after the discussion, Marie heard that a trade association was created among three of her main competitors. Recently, she has noticed that these competitors' products are always priced the same, and she wonders if she should report this to the Competition Bureau.

a. What Competition Act issues does this scenario raise?

b. Should Marie report the incident? Why or why not?