Moving Companies

It's estimated that eight million Canadians were victims of a moving-industry conspiracy to fix prices between the 1960s and 1980s. After hearing evidence from government investigators, the Supreme Court of Canada ordered the demise of a van lines' price-fixing conspiracy. Before the order, the five major van lines dictated the prices and services their agents could offer, and limited competition by controlling prices and preventing independent companies from gaining licences. The Canadian Household Goods Carriers' Tariff Bureau Association, an organization composed of representatives of the van lines, coordinated the conspiracy. This association was disbanded by court order.

Moving companies may now compete with one another, even if they're agents of the same van line, and consumers may negotiate to obtain the best price and the services that meet their needs. Line-haul rates should no longer be the same across the board, but it's up to consumers to demand competitive prices when negotiating with moving companies.

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