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Ontario Tobacco Growers class action: Frequently Asked Questions 

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THESE CLASS ACTIONS

PARTICIPATION IN THESE CLASS ACTIONS

PROGRESS OF THESE CLASS ACTIONS

CLASS ACTIONS

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THESE CLASS ACTIONS

Q: What are these class actions about?

A: These class actions seek to recover the difference between the export price paid by the domestic manufacturers (Rothman’s Benson & Hedges Inc., Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited and JTI-MacDonald Corp.) for Ontario tobacco at the Board’s auctions and the higher price they ought to have paid because the tobacco was actually intended for domestic use. The pricing and payment obligations were contained in the agreements negotiated annually by the Board on behalf of Ontario flue-cured tobacco growers and producers

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