The Competition Bureau announced that it has entered into a consent agreement with the Northwest Territories Association of Realtors (NWTAR) to address concerns with its membership practices in the real estate sector. A Bureau investigation found that the NWTAR engaged in anti-competitive conduct by denying membership to those seeking to compete remotely with the association’s existing … Read more
TicketNetwork reached an agreement with the Competition Bureau to address concerns over drip pricing and other misleading claims in the online resale of tickets to concerts, sports, theater and entertainment events. The full release is available online. Contact media-cb-bc@cb-bc.gc.ca.
The Competition Bureau has obtained a court order to advance a civil investigation into alleged anti-competitive conduct by Applied Systems, Inc. and its affiliates (Applied Systems) including Applied Systems Canada Inc. (Applied Systems Canada). The full release is available online. Contact media-cb-bc@cb-bc.gc.ca.
The Competition Bureau has laid criminal charges before the Court of Québec against Patrice Mathieu and André Côté in connection with an alleged conspiracy to rig bids for Québec City infrastructure contracts. The full release is available online. Contact media-cb-bc@cb-bc.gc.ca.
Canada’s Commissioner of Competition, Matthew Boswell, attended the G7 Competition Authorities and Policymakers’ Summit to discuss competition in digital markets and emerging technologies, such as generative artificial intelligence. Boswell will also attend the International Symposium on merger enforcement and regulatory developments on Nov. 9, 2023. These meetings were hosted by Japan’s Fair Trade Commission and Headquarters for … Read more
The Competition Bureau announced that it has reached an agreement with Global Fuels Inc. and its affiliates related to their proposed acquisition of Greenergy’s Canadian retail fuel business. The proposed transaction includes 241 retail fuel and convenience locations in Canada. The Bureau concluded that the proposed transaction would likely substantially lessen competition in the sale of … Read more
The Competition Bureau is inviting interested parties to provide feedback on its new Bulletin on Amendments to the Abuse of Dominance Provisions. Interested parties have until Dec. 24, 2023, to provide their feedback. The full release is available online. Contact media-cb-bc@cb-bc.gc.ca.
Criminal charges were laid before the Court of Québec against Richard Dionne and Richard Labelle, who are accused of conspiring in 2021 to rig bids on public road and culvert work on Highway 50 (since renamed Guy‑Lafleur) in Gatineau, Qué. The charges were laid under the bid-rigging provisions of the Competition Act and the conspiracy provisions of the Criminal Code. The full release … Read more
Inter-Cité Construction Ltée will pay $150,000 for arranging with a competitor to allocate territories for paving contracts awarded by the ministère des Transports du Québec. This payment is part of a settlement reached between the Public Prosecution Service of Canada and Inter-Cité, and filed in the Superior Court of Quebec. The settlement stems from an investigation … Read more
The Competition Bureau published the findings of an in-depth study, Competition in Canada from 2000 to 2020: An Economy at a Crossroads, which tracks a decline in Canada’s competitive intensity over the last two decades. The Bureau’s analysis found that Canada’s competitive intensity has fallen over the years, a finding that was reflected across all the indicators … Read more
