Survey: Canadians Do Not Share their Governments’ Distrust of Competition

benefits of competition, the problems associated with the lack of In January 2022, the Léger firm was commissioned to evaluate the competition, and the institutions of competition. [...] ZA7498 Data file Version 1.0.0 In the rest of the document, the results of the survey conducted in Canada in 2022 by the polling firm Léger are compared to those obtained by the European Commission in 2019 via a survey of the member states of the European Union. [...] According to the survey results: CANADA CHART 7 QUEBEC HAVE YOU EVER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS Finland Spain DUE TO A LACK OF COMPETITION IN ONE OR Ireland MORE OF THESE SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY? Belgium France Italy 77% of Quebecers and 80% of Canadians have OECD-EU11 experienced difficulties5 due to a lack of competition EU28 Netherlands in at least one sector of the economy while the Germany OECD-EU11. [...] medicines, health-related products) CHART 9 90% MAIN PROBLEMS IN THE SECTOR IN WHICH 80% OECD-EU11 RESPONDENTS EXPERIENCED THE MOST EU28 70% PROBLEMS DUE TO A LACK OF COMPETITION Canada 60% Quebec 81% of Quebecers and 79% of Canadians consider 50% high prices to be the main problem in the sector 40% they identified as the one where they had the most 30% difficulty due to a lack of competition, whi. [...] While the dithering over the Rogers–Shaw and Air Transat–Air Canada merger suggsts that their government is prepared to limit the intensity of competition to promote the development of the Canadian economy, the vast majority of Quebecers and Canadians would obviously give more room to competition to benefit from a greater choice of goods and services, of better quality and at better prices.