Category Archives: Sectors – Airlines

Recent Misleading Advertising Penalties and Developments – Is Your Compliance Team Up-to-date?

The Competition Bureau (the “Bureau”) and other Canadian regulatory authorities have markedly increased their enforcement of misleading advertising in the past several years.  The following is a brief summary of some of the penalties imposed (or agreed to pursuant to settlement agreements) in Canadian advertising … Read the rest of this entry »

Air Canada Announces “All-in Price” for Airfares – Highlights Market and Regulatory Trends to Advertise the Price, the Complete Price and Nothing But the Complete Price

It seems that a lot of time recently has been spent debating whether the price of products should be fully disclosed in advertising (and that many cases and regulatory announcements have turned on this apparently, but perhaps not so, simple question). For example, last year … Read the rest of this entry »

Advertising Update: Federal Government to Introduce Advertising Regulations for Airlines

The Conservative Government has announced that airlines in Canada will be required to disclose the full price of airline fares by the end of 2012 (including airport taxes and additional charges) (see: Airlines forced to advertise true cost of flights, including taxes, by Christmas 2012). … Read the rest of this entry »