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Scott Stinson: Doug Ford is a free-market champion. Except for this one

By effectively killing the resale ticket market, the Ontario government is creating a host of new problems

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When Doug Ford first complained last fall about the high cost of Toronto Blue Jays tickets on the secondary market, he said that the fact that one company controlled the industry was, in his trademark folksy way, “not right for the people.”

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“I just don’t believe in one company, and that’s what’s happening right now with Ticketmaster, in my opinion.”

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The Ontario Premier has now addressed that problem by effectively banning the resale market — and leaving Ticketmaster in an even more dominant position.

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