But Yan Gong, the owner of CCA Logistics Ltd., was defiant Friday, insisting to the Star his prices were “reasonable” and that he planned to fight the allegations in court. Officials said the store was, for instance, selling 3M masks for $120 (a 400 per cent markup), hand sanitizer for $39 (a 200 per cent markup) and Lysol spray for $25 (a 250 per cent markup). The company received a provincial order on April 15 to stop charging those rates for goods, but did not comply, officials said. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services said Friday that more than 22,500 complaints had been received. Ontario consumer investigators have forwarded 200 of the most egregious cases to law enforcement and more than 500 businesses have received notifications.

Source: thestar May 09, 2020 00:00 UTC