Ontario proposes ticket resale price cap
The government of the Canadian province has introduced new legislation which, if passed, would case the price of resold tickets at 50% above face value
News By | 6 October 2017
Building on the potential ticket bot ban announced in October, the Canadian province of Ontario has unveiled legislation that would cap the resale price of tickets at 50% above face value.
The proposed measures on ticket touting form part of a broader bill, the Strengthening Protection for Ontario Consumers Act, and would, if passed, also criminalise the use of ticket bots; bar the sale of tickets purchased using bots; and require business selling or reselling tickets to disclose information including the…