ICYMI: Caught on tape: Amazon exec threatened Marketplace shutdown in Canada if competition reforms go ahead — via financialpost Amazon
“If Canada were to adopt U.S.-style antitrust legislation — the six bills currently in Congress — we’ve said it in the U.S., we’d have to shut down Marketplace. You would see similar action in Canada in response to similar policy measures,” said Amazon’s public policy director for Canada, James Maunder, during a meeting last year.Financial Post Top Stories
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Maunder’s declarations give a glimpse of Amazon’s vigorous behind-the-scenes campaign to head off changes to the act, which have been under discussion in Ottawa for nearly a year. In October 2021, Competition Bureau commissioner Matthew Boswellhe planned to lead a comprehensive review of the laws, in part to address the “more complex anti-competitive conduct” within digital marketplaces.
Maunder didn’t respond to a list of questions about the potential shutdown of Amazon Marketplace, or the nature of Amazon’s collaboration with Pecman and Sokol. In an email, Amazon spokesperson Kristin Gable directed
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