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Opinion: Return of the reasonable person

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04.07.2026

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Opinion: Return of the reasonable person

The Competition Bureau is applying a sensible test to claims that energy company public service ads are misleading. Good for it!

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The Competition Bureau of Canada has closed its investigation into the Canadian Gas Association over allegations of greenwashing — claims brought by the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) and allied groups that the association’s advertising of natural gas as clean energy was false and misleading. The investigation, begun in 2022, is over. After four years, the........

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