The Competition Bureau is inviting Canadians to provide comments on its Proposed Merger Enforcement Guidelines. This follows an initial consultation held as part of the Bureau’s review of its merger guidance in November 2024. The Bureau invites interested Canadians to provide feedback on any aspect of the proposed guidelines before Feb. 11, 2026. The full release is available online. … Read more
The Competition Bureau has concluded its civil investigation into the use of algorithmic pricing software in Canada’s rental housing market. It found that revenue management tools have not been used widely enough by landlords to substantially harm competition. The Bureau found that revenue management tools from RealPage Canada, Inc. (RealPage) and Yardi Canada, Ltd. (Yardi) … Read more
The Competition Bureau is inviting Canadians to provide comments on its proposed Anti-Competitive Conduct and Agreements Enforcement Guidelines. The Bureau invites interested Canadians to provide feedback on the guidelines before Jan. 29, 2026. The full release is available online. Contact media-cb-bc@cb-bc.gc.ca.
The Competition Bureau has obtained court orders to gather information to advance its investigation into Mérieux NutriSciences’ acquisition of Bureau Veritas’ food testing business. Prior to the acquisition, Mérieux NutriSciences (operating through Silliker Canada) and Bureau Veritas (operating through Bureau Veritas Canada) were each significant players in Canada’s food testing market. With the acquisition, Mérieux … Read more
The G7 Competition Authorities and Policymakers’ Summit, hosted by Canada’s Competition Bureau and the Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, concluded on Oct. 2 in Ottawa. The summit focused primarily on digital competition issues, especially algorithmic pricing, and its impacts on competition, markets and the economy, including: recent enforcement experiences and detection strategies; emerging … Read more
The Canadian Digital Regulators Forum released of a paper exploring the impact of synthetic media – artificially generated images, video, text, or audio content, which includes deepfakes – on Canadians and Canadian organizations. The paper, titled Synthetic media in the digital landscape, provides an overview of: the global regulatory landscape as it pertains to content that … Read more
The Competition Bureau is consulting Canadians as it prepares to launch a market study into the state of competition in the lending sector for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Canada. The Bureau is inviting interested parties to review our consultation paper and share their views on the proposed terms of reference for the market study by October 3. The … Read more
The Competition Bureau has reached a consent agreement with Schlumberger Limited (Schlumberger) to address competition concerns related to its proposed acquisition of ChampionX Corporation (ChampionX). The two companies provide oilfield services in Canada. A Bureau review concluded that the proposed transaction would likely result in a substantial lessening of competition in the supply of critical oilfield … Read more
The Competition Bureau announced it is monitoring Interac’s commitment to shift its wholesale e-transfer pricing from a volume-based model to a flat-fee structure starting November 1, 2025. The change is expected to reduce costs for smaller financial institutions and promote greater competition in the financial services sector. “Flat-fee pricing for e-transfers, where financial institutions of … Read more
The Competition Bureau has obtained a Federal Court order requiring Amazon to produce records and information as part of an investigation into possible abuse of dominance on its Canadian marketplace, Amazon.ca. The Bureau is probing whether Amazon’s Marketplace Fair Pricing Policy discourages sellers from offering lower prices elsewhere, allows Amazon to charge higher seller fees, … Read more
