Steve Szentesi is an instructor for:
Competition Law and REALTORS®: What You Say and Do Matters
Competition Law and REALTORS®: What You Say and Do Matters was designed by ACRE with the assistance of CREA to help Canadian REALTORS® understand and comply with Canadian competition law. While Canadian competition law applies to all real estate professionals, this course was designed specifically for REALTORS®. This course provides an overview in plain language of Canadian competition law and practical compliance guidelines to assist REALTORS® in complying with Canadian competition law and a number of illustrative case studies.
This national competition law course is available to members of Canadian real estate boards and associations and was prepared for ACRE and CREA by Steve Szentesi.
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For more information see:
Alliance for Canadian Real Estate Education
British Columbia Real Estate Association courses:
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The following are some key competition law resources for Canadian real estate brokers and salespeople:
COMPETITION LAW RESOURCES
ENFORCEMENT & LEGISLATION
Competition Bureau
Competition Bureau website: www.competitionbureau.gc.ca
Competition Tribunal
Competition Tribunal website: www.ct-tc.gc.ca
Competition Act
Competition Act (Department of Justice website): www.justice.gc.ca
Wakil, Omar, ed., The 2012 Annotated Competition Act (Toronto: Thomson Carswell, 2011)
KEY BOOKS, BROCHURES & WEBSITES
General
ACRE and CREA, course book, Competition Law and REALTORS®: What You Say and Do Matters – A National Competition Law Compliance Course for REALTORS® (2010)
BCREA, 2012 Legal Update (competition law update chapter)
Bodrug, John and C. Goldman eds., Competition Law of Canada, looseleaf (New York: Juris, 2008 – )
CREA, Competition Law Overview for Leadership
CREA competition law service (CREA provides answers to competition law related questions to members through local real estate boards and associations)
CREA, Real Estate Competition Guide: Promoting Free and Open Competition (2009)
CREA, REALTOR® Code
Musgrove, J., et al., Fundamentals of Canadian Competition Law, 2nd ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 2010)
Advertising and Marketing Law
Advertising Standards Canada (ASC), The Canadian Code of Advertising Standards
Canadian Marketing Association (CMA), Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice
Competition Bureau, Pamphlet, False or Misleading Representations and Deceptive Marketing Practices (2009)
Competition Bureau, Bulletin, Misleading Representations and Deceptive Marketing Practices: Choice of Criminal or Civil Track under the Competition Act (1999)
Competition Bureau, Enforcement Guidelines, Application of the Competition Act to Representations on the Internet (2009)
CREA, Misleading Advertising Guide: Complying with the Competition Act (2010)
Pritchard, Brenda and Susan Vogt, Advertising and Marketing Law in Canada, 3rd ed. (Toronto: LexisNexis, 2009)
Young, David and Brian Fraser, Canadian Advertising and Marketing Law, looseleaf (Toronto: Carswell, 1990 – )
Associations
Pashby, Bill, et al., Competition Law for Canadian Associations, revised ed. (Canadian Society of Association Executives, 2011)
Szentesi, Steve and Mark Katz, The Competition Law Guide for Trade Associations in Canada (Toronto: Carswell, 2012)
Bill C-28 (Anti-spam legislation)
BCREA, 2012 Legal Update (competition law update chapter)
Brown, Shaun and Kris Klein, A Complete Guide to E-Marketing Under Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (Toronto: Carswell, 2011)
CREA, Dispatch, “New Electronic Marketing Rules: Ten Things REALTORS® Need to Know”
Government of Canada anti-spam website: www.fightspam.gc.ca
Conspiracy and Price Maintenance
BCREA, 2012 Legal Update (competition law update chapter)
Competition Bureau, Competitor Collaboration Guidelines (2009)
Competition Bureau, Pamphlet, Setting Your Own Price (2010)
CREA Consent Agreement and Mere Postings
BCREA, handout, “Mere Postings”
BCREA, 2012 Legal Update (competition law update chapter)
CREA, Dispatch, “FAQ – Consent Agreement with the Commissioner of Competition”
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OUR BOOKS
The Competition Law Guide for Trade Associations in Canada is a practical and concise summary of Canadian competition law for trade, professional and other associations and their advisors
OUR COURSES
Competition Law and REALTORS®: What You Say and Do Matters was designed by ACRE with the assistance of CREA to help Canadian REALTORS® understand and comply with Canadian competition law
For more see: ACRE