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Ontario's Discriminatory Business Practices Act

Is the statute relevant to public procurement?

by CHAMBERLAND D
Ontario's Discriminatory Business Practices Act
Published in December 2013 - Page 35

Any discussion of local preference in Ontario quickly stumbles across the Discriminatory Business Practices Act (R.S.O. 1990, c. D.12). The Act was passed in the 1970s by Premier Davis in response to the prohibition imposed by the Arab League against conducting business with Israel. Arab League countries were boycotting Israel at the time, and they tried to force Canadian companies to do the same. The background to the legislation shows that the Act was intended

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