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Ontario is scrapping part of a law that would have capped ticket resale prices at 50 per cent above the original face value.

The Progressive Conservative government paused implementation of that section of the Ticket Sales Act — brought in by the previous Liberal government — shortly after the election last year. Now, as announced in its new budget, it is cancelling the rule.

"It was unenforceable," Government and Consumer Services Minister Bill Walker said Monday. "It was like a lot of things with the Liberals. It was a nice soundbite, but there was no enforcement."

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Scalper bots are now banned in Ontario, as a bill to protect ticket buyers passed Wednesday, though the ticket industry warns some parts of the legislation may actually put fans at a disadvantage.

The provisions in a new Ticket Sales Act are contained in omnibus consumer protection legislation that also includes strengthening rules around home warranties, real estate practices and travel services in Ontario.

Changes to ticket selling laws include banning so-called scalper bots, which buy a large number of tickets online for an event and then resell them at a large profit.

The Apple Vision Pro spatial computer Kasada has observed scalpers using bots to successfully preorder thousands of Apple Vision Pro spatial computers. Earlier this month, Apple announced the Vision Pro will be available for sale in the U.S. beginning Friday, February 2, at all U.S. Apple Store locations and U.S. Apple Store online. Pre-orders for Apple Vision Pro began on Friday, January 19, at…