{"id":1604,"slug":"competition-bureau-v-treb-2011-2018-saga-timeline","title":"Commissioner of Competition v. Toronto Real Estate Board (2011-2018) — full 7-year timeline; SCC denied TREB's final leave Aug 23 2018","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["kevin","candid-team"],"topics":["mls-data-licensing","ontario-real-estate-market","competition-law-canada"],"reference_body":"**Claim.** Full timeline of *Commissioner of Competition v. Toronto Real Estate Board*: Bureau application May 2011 → Tribunal **dismissed** (2013 Comp Trib) → **FCA reversed** (2014 FCA 29), narrow s.79 reading rejected → SCC **denied TREB leave** (2014-07-24, case 35799) → Tribunal **redetermination for the Commissioner** (2016 Comp Trib 7, April 28 2016) → **FCA dismissed TREB's appeal** (2017 FCA 236, Dec 2017) → **SCC dismissed TREB's leave application Aug 23 2018** (case 37932). Seven-year saga ends.\n\n**Source.** canada.ca Competition Bureau timeline + court citations 2014 FCA 29 / 2016 Comp Trib 7 / 2017 FCA 236 / SCC case 37932, accessed 2026-06-21.\n\n**Confidence.** Verified.\n\n**Caveats.** Tribunal order took effect ~60 days post-SCC denial.\n\n**Implication / use.** Anchor timeline. Any \"post-2018\" framing of the Ontario MLS landscape starts here.","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"research-brief-mls-data-inside-the-box-ontario-june-2026","title":"Research notes (capture-layer): inside the MLS box — what an Ontario member agent's account exposes, what goes unused, and what they're licensed to do with it (June 2026)","kind":"research-notes","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"}],"incoming":[{"slug":"research-brief-mls-data-inside-the-box-ontario-june-2026","title":"Research notes (capture-layer): inside the MLS box — what an Ontario member agent's account exposes, what goes unused, and what they're licensed to do with it (June 2026)","kind":"research-notes","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"housesigma-2018-treb-inflection-sold-prices-public","title":"HouseSigma — \"first in Canada to make sold prices publicly available\"; inflection point came shortly after the 2018 SCC-final outcome opening sold data on VOWs","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"treb-vow-restrictions-abuse-dominance-s79","title":"TREB VOW restrictions held to be abuse of dominance under Competition Act s.79 (2016 Tribunal redetermination); order requires TREB to stop restricting members' access/use of historical+sale-price data on VOWs","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"treb-case-vow-publication-not-fully-public-mandate","title":"TREB case dealt with VOW (password-protected) publication — did NOT mandate fully public, non-password-protected publication","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"fca-2017-mls-compilation-lacks-originality-obiter","title":"FCA 2017 (2017 FCA 236) — in *obiter*, endorsed Tribunal's conclusion that the TREB MLS compilation lacked the originality (skill/judgment/labour) for copyright; TREB \"had not put forward persuasive evidence\"","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"treb-pipeda-defense-failed-on-facts-not-principle","title":"TREB's PIPEDA-based privacy/business-justification defence failed on the facts — wide use, inconsistent enforcement, no CPO/CIO evidence; principle remains theoretically open","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}]},"created_at":"2026-06-21T10:51:32.770Z","updated_at":"2026-06-21T10:51:32.770Z"}