C.T.C. DEALER EXTENDS BID FOR CANADIAN TIRE C.T.C. Dealer Holdings Ltd said it extended its previously announced offer for 49 pct of <Canadian Tire Corp Ltd> to midnight on March 26. CTC, a group of Canadian Tire dealers, which already owns 17 pct of Canadian Tire, is currently appealing in an Ontario court against a previously announced Ontario Securities Commission ruling blocking CTC's 272 mln dlr bid. The blocked bid did not include non-voting shareholders, who hold 96 pct of Canadian Tire equity.