- BS - Wednesday, March 14, 1984 - North Shore News

COMPE TITION TOO TOUGH
ARA wants ‘divorce’
in gasoline retailing

THE AUTOMOTIVE The Automotive Retailers Legislation can be
Retailers Association, of B.C. are hopefulthat,asa strengthened so that the
representing hundreds of ser- result of the hearings, the abuses in gasoline marketing
vice station operators in present Federal Combines in Canada can be eliminated.
B.C., announced that it fully
supports the brief recently so ef. -_:

submitted to the Oil Inquiry B ; ° 4
Commission by the National

Automobile Trades Associa- -leaete cla eae
tion of Canada.

FORD sags UTD

‘‘The brief puts into words
the frustrations of gasoline
retailers all across Canada,’’
said David Bruce, a past
President of the A.R.A.
‘Our Association, along
with those of other pro-
vinces, appeared before the
Restrictive Trades Practices gs .
Commission to present : Cee
testimony from our dealers ° “en °
which showed that the
marketing policies of supply-
ving oil companies made it
very difficult for their lessees
to maintain profitable
operations.

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BRON is ft

FORD

“From caast. ta coast. the
Commission heard the same
story of unfair competition
levelled at dealers by their CADILLAC
own suppliers. The obvious
solution,’’ continued Bruce,
‘is for the government to
legislate the oil companies PATSUN
out of direct retailing of
gasoline.’’ ,

The Brief also recommends.
that a fair price be set by
refineries so that all dealers
are treated on an equal basis
in the purchase of gasoline-at
the wholesale level.

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