The Competition Bureau has approved Environmental 360 Solutions Ltd. (E360S) as the purchaser of seven facilities that supply industrial waste services and/or oil recycling services in western Canada from GFL Environmental Inc. The sale of the business was completed on October 17, 2022. The full release is available online. Contact ic.media-cb-bc.ic@canada.ca.
Francois Paulhus, a former executive of engineering firm Genivar (now WSP Canada), has pleaded guilty in the Court of Quebec to conspiring to rig bids for City of Gatineau infrastructure contracts, and was sentenced to pay a $25,000 fine, in addition to a 15 per cent surcharge on that amount. This is the fifth guilty plea … Read more
The Competition Bureau published recommendations for federal, provincial and territorial governments to modernize public procurement processes used to acquire digital health care products and services. Improving health care through pro-competitive procurement policy is the second of three reports published as part of the Bureau’s digital health care market study. The full release is available online. Contact media-cb-bc@cb-bc.gc.ca.
On Sept. 20, the Competition Bureau will host the Competition and Green Growth Summit, a full day event open to everyone virtually. The summit will bring together international experts from various competition authorities, regulators, businesses, non-governmental organizations, lawyers and academics, to discuss the interaction between competition law and policy, and sustainability. The full release is available online. … Read more
The Competition Bureau announced that it reached an agreement with Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. and its affiliates related to their proposed acquisition of Wilsons. Wilsons operates and supplies Esso, Wilsons Gas Stops and Go! Store retail gas locations in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, as well as Newfoundland and Labrador. The full release is … Read more
The Competition Bureau announced that it has reached agreements with Parkland Corporation and Federated Cooperatives Limited, respectively, related to their proposed acquisition of Husky retail gas stations. The agreements will help protect consumers from paying higher gas prices as a result of eliminating the Husky stations as a competitor in 9 regions in southern Ontario … Read more
On September 8 and 9, 2022, the Competition Bureau will host two virtual public information sessions to let the public know about changes to the Competition Act. The Bureau invites all interested Canadians to register and send questions in advance by August 22. Members of the public can register and send questions on Eventbrite. The full release is available online. Contact media-cb-bc@cb-bc.gc.ca.
On Sept. 20, 2022, the Competition Bureau will host the Competition and Green Growth Summit, where experts will discuss the interaction between competition law and policy and sustainability. The Summit will bring together international competition authorities, regulators, businesses, non-governmental organizations, lawyers and academics. The full release is available online. Contact media-cb-bc@cb-bc.gc.ca.
The Competition Bureau registered a consent agreement with the Competition Tribunal to address its concerns related to certain aspects of the proposed formation of a gas processing joint venture between Pembina Pipeline Corporation and KKR’s Global Infrastructure Funds. In particular, the Commissioner had concerns with the acquisition of a 50 per cent interest in the Key … Read more
The Competition Bureau has completed its preliminary investigation into potential anti-competitive harm from relabelled biologic drugs. Relabelled biologic drugs are identical to originator biologic drugs but marketed under a secondary brand name. The Bureau closed its investigation because the drugs in question have not been marketed in Canada. The full release is available online. Contact media-cb-bc@cb-bc.gc.ca.
