Self-regulated professions - Balancing competition and regulation

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Contents

Foreword

Executive summary

• Competition and regulation
• Findings and recommendations
• Conclusion

Introduction

• The importance of professions to Canadians
• The role of regulation
• Research process
• Structure of the study

1. Economic analysis

• Market failure and the potential benefits of regulation
• Anticompetitive effects and the potential costs of regulation
• Restrictions
• Conclusion

2. Effective regulation

• Principles
• Competition assessment
• Conclusion

3. Accountants

• Overview
• Restrictions and recommendations
• Conclusion

4. Lawyers

• Overview
• Restrictions and recommendations
• Conclusion

5. Optometrists

• Overview
• Restrictions and recommendations
• Conclusion

6. Pharmacists

• Overview
• Restrictions and recommendations
• Conclusion

7. Real estate agents

• Overview
• Restrictions and recommendations
• Conclusion

Conclusion

• Entering the profession
• Mobility
• Overlapping services and scope of practice
• Advertising
• Pricing and compensation
• Business structure

Appendices

• Appendix 1 Questionnaire
• Appendix 2 Organizations that provided input to the study
• Appendix 3 Recommendations

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Cat. No. Iu54-13/2007E

ISBN 978-0-662-47414-2