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Board of Commerce of Canada sous-fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Sous-fonds

Date:

1918-1921.

Reference:

R9823-3-7-E, RG36-6

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3726477

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Bureau of Competition Policy fonds

Board of Commerce of Canada sous-fonds
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Date(s):

1918-1921.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

5.0 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Sous-fonds consists of records relating to the Board of Commerce and is composed of four types of records maintained by the Board. These are: Coded Files (arranged by file numbers), General Files (arranged alphabetically), Alphabetical Inquiry Files (arranged by subject), and Newspaper Clippings (arranged by file numbers).
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Creator: Board of Commerce of Canada

Creator: Commission du commerce du Canada
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Board of Commerce of Canada : The administrative history of the Board of Commerce of Canada can be traced back to the Combines Investigation Division of the Department of Labour, established in 1910 under the authority of the Combines Investigation Act (9-10 Edward III ch. 9). The main function of the division was to investigate and restrain combines, monopolies, trusts, and mergers that restrained trade and hindered competition in the economy, or that fixed prices.

In 1919, an independent Board of Commerce of Canada replaced the Combines Investigation Division. New combines legislation was passed in response to the inadequacy of the 1910 Act in restraining unfair business practice. A Special Committee on the issue of cost of living that investigated pricing of basic goods also motivated a change in policy. The Combines and Fair Prices Act (9-10 George V. ch. 45) was created in tandem with the Board of Commerce Act (9-10 George V, Chap. 37), which established the Board of Commerce of Canada as a permanent administrative and enforcement body with the power to authorize criminal prosecutions and to issue cease and desist orders. By 1921 the Board of Commerce of Canada was dissolved. The combines legislation the Board administered was found to be unconstitutional because it claimed authority to jurisdiction of property and civil rights, areas over which provincial governments had sole authority in Canada. Combines legislation was revived in 1923 with the passing of a new Combines Investigation Act under the administration of the Department of Labour. Today, combines legislation survives in the form of the Competition Act, administered by the Competition Bureau and Competition Tribunal.

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Textual record (Electronic) Finding aid is a typed file list indicating volume number, file number and file title for volumes 13 -- 16 and 36 -- 81. 36-4 PDF (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/36-4_3726477_vols_13 - 16; 36 - 81_open.pdf

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Source:

Government

Former archival reference no.:

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RG36-6
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [RG 36 6]

[Consultation 90 Open]

13--16;

[Consultation 90 Open]

36--81;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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