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I'm no expert in this field and I doubt that anyone else here is either. Chapters is a retail seller, not a wholesaler or a publisher. To say that Amazon was forced to buy its books through Chapters doesn't pass the smell test. In fact, I would say it is close to ridiculous.
Chapter stores, as do other Canadian bookstores, carry US, UK and pretty much titles from everywhere else in the world. Why anyone would think otherwise is beyond me.
Print books flow freely into Canada. Amazon.com has sold books into the Canadian market for a very long time with no problems. My husband and I have bought both new and used through them for many years.
I was referring to publishers georestictions which is what you seemed to imply. This is the only way I could see your statement making any sense.
Frankly, this reminds me of the softwood lumber issue. For what, close to forty years the US has cried foul and every time it goes to a world trade tribunal, the ruling goes against the US. And with that, I have probably crossed the line into P and R and with that I am out.
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