The Competition Bureau will host its first annual Digital Enforcement Summit this fall to enhance its effectiveness as it takes on new and emerging issues in the digital economy. Featuring a series of four online panels throughout October and November 2020, the inaugural summit will allow the bureau and its international counterparts to share best … Read more
The Competition Bureau registered a consent agreement with the Competition Tribunal to address its concerns related to WESCO International Inc.’s $6.1 billion acquisition of Anixter International Inc., which would have combined the two largest distributors of pole line hardware and data communication (datacom) products in Canada. The Bureau concluded that this transaction would likely have substantially … Read more
The Competition Bureau is inviting Canadians to share their views on factors that may be impeding access to digital health care, or limiting innovation and choice in Canada’s health care sector. Interested parties are invited to submit their views on the Bureau’s discussion paper no later than September 27, 2020. The full release is available online.
The Competition Bureau has published a draft version of its revised Competitor Collaboration Guidelines and invites interested parties to provide their comments no later than September 28, 2020. The Bureau updated its guidelines to reflect its experience reviewing competitor collaborations since the 2009 amendments to the Competition Act. The full release is available online.
In its final submission to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s review of mobile wireless services, the Competition Bureau finds that more Canadians could save money on their cell phone bills if Bell, Rogers and Telus faced greater competition from regional carriers like Freedom Mobile and Videotron. The Bureau’s analysis found that prices can be more than 50 … Read more
The Competition Bureau announced that it has entered into a consent agreement with Elanco Animal Health Incorporated to address concerns related to the company’s proposed acquisition of Bayer Animal Health. Elanco has also committed to forego acquiring Bayer AG’s Canadian distribution rights to several poultry insecticides. Following an extensive review, the Bureau concluded that Elanco and … Read more
The Competition Bureau has published its Annual Plan 2020-2021. The plan outlines the steps the Bureau will take in the coming year to protect Canadians in these uncertain times. Protecting and promoting competitive markets in Canada is more important than ever, and the Bureau’s work will focus on sectors of the economy that matter to Canadians, … Read more
The Competition Bureau will begin its one-year term as President of the International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network. From July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, the bureau will lead the network of consumer protection and law enforcement authorities from over 65 countries, representing approximately 5 billion consumers worldwide. With the rapid rise of the digital economy, the … Read more
The founders of the Canadian Competition Law Moot, an annual mock trial for law students, announced that the event has been renamed the Adam F. Fanaki Competition Law Moot. Adam Fanaki passed away on February 15, 2020, after a long battle with brain cancer. Adam was a brilliant and inspirational competition lawyer and a highly respected leader … Read more
Engineering firm SNC-Lavalin has been ordered to pay $1.9 million for rigging bids on municipal infrastructure contracts in the province of Québec as part of a settlement with the Public Prosecution Service of Canada. The settlement, filed June 19 with the Superior Court of Québec, ends the Competition Bureau’s investigation of the company’s role in a … Read more
