Ontario drops proposed ticket transparency rules
The province has abandoned its pledge to force ticket sellers to disclose the number of tickets available to the public following resistance from the industry
News By | 29 November 2017
The Canadian province of Ontario has abandoned plans for legislation that would have required ticket sellers to disclose how many tickets are available to the public for a given event seven days before they go on sale.
The measure was announced last month as part of a consumer protection bill that also provides for capping the price of resold tickets at 150% of face value; banning ticket bots and prohibiting the resale of bot-bought tickets; and requiring business selling or reselling…
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