Tag: Competition Bureau
Much Ado About Nothing? An Examination of Canada’s Efficiencies Defense
By Michael Caldecott & Erin Keogh1
I. Introduction
Canada’s competition regime substantively mirrors the regimes of other mature jurisdictions in almost all respects. The most noteworthy...
Skating on Thin Ice: Why Canadian Competition Policy Should Not Be...
By Navin Joneja & Matthew Prior1
The Biden Administration’s approach to aggressive antitrust enforcement is by now well documented, and serves as a stark reminder...
No-Poach and Wage-Fixing Agreements in Canada – So What’s the Issue?
By Chris Margison & Robin Spillette1
Introduction
The application of antitrust laws to no-poach2 and wage-fixing agreements3 is currently being debated in many jurisdictions around the...
CIMA+ Settles Quebec Bid-Rigging Case
Engineering firm CIMA+ has been ordered to pay CA$3.2 million (US$2.5 million) over the next four years for bid-rigging on municipal infrastructure contracts in...
Canada: Watchdog investigating political parties over data collection practices
The Competition Bureau has confirmed that it launched an inquiry into the data collection practices of the federal Liberal, Conservative and New Democrat parties,...
Canada: Competition Bureau releases 2019/20 annual plan
On Thursday, July 25, the new commissioner of Canada's Competition Bureau posted the Bureau's annual plan on the regulator's website.
Commissioner Matthew Boswell wrote and...
Canada: Regulator publishes revised IP enforcement guidelines
The Competition Bureau published the final version of its revised Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines(IPEGs). The Bureau has carefully considered all comments and submissions it...
Canada: Competition Bureau starts consumer consultation on ISPs
According to a report from the Telecom Paper, Canada's Competition Bureau launched a consultation to learn about consumer habits in purchasing internet services. The...
Canada: Competition Bureau expands Ticketmaster investigation
Canada’s Competition Bureau has decided to expand its investigation into Ticketmaster to include probing the allegations of the company’s secret scalping program, according to...
Canada: Competition Bureau drops investigation of Loblaws
Canada’s federal Competition Bureau said Tuesday, November 21, it has dropped an investigation into allegations that Loblaw Companies abused its dominant position in the...
