QUEBEC — Taking aim at Ticketmaster and other platforms offering ticket resales, a provincial bill tabled Tuesday would in many cases make it illegal to resell passes for more than their original price.

Under the bill, tickets could only be sold above their face value with the consent of an event’s organizer.

In such cases, the reseller would be required to inform buyers that they are accessing a resale platform and that tickets may be available at a lower price from the original vendor. Resellers would also have to disclose the name of the original vendor, as well as the name of the last person who owned the ticket.

The bill would also require resellers to inform buyers if an event’s time or location changes.

Vendors would no longer be allowed to charge consumers a fee to transfer a t

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