AMAZON BIDS TO MOVE INTO CANADA
February 1st, 2010
BY EMMA JACKSON
ONLINE book giant is Amazon is preparing to set up a physical sales infrastructure in Canada, the Bookseller can reveal. The Canadian government has called in the proposal for a confidential inquiry, which will assess whether the move breaks Canada's tough cultural protection rules. These are mainly designed to prevent American influences from overpowering Canada's culture - and they erect tough obstacles non-Canadian cultural companies from operating in the country.
According to Privy Council documents obtained by the Bookseller, an inquiry ...
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