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August 3, 2016

The OECD has published a new interesting working paper with recommendations for reforms to increase competition in Canadian network markets. For Canadian consumers, it may not come as a surprise that the OECD’s working paper recommends changes to increase competition in Canadian energy, telecommunication, broadcasting and transportation sectors.

Abstract:

Canada’s productivity performance has lagged that of many other OECD countries, despite some improvement in recent years. One measure to enhance overall efficiency would be to strengthen competition on the domestic market to drive future multi-factor productivity improvements. The potential gains are large: about a half a percent per year over a fairly long horizon. This paper focuses on increasing competition in network sectors, including energy, telecommunication services and broadcasting, and transportation, which are key inputs to production in the broader economy. Improving regulatory conditions, efficiency and/or cost competitiveness could yield more productive outcomes in these sectors, as well as in downstream industries. Competition could also be increased by lowering barriers to interprovincial trade and the movement of labour, which act to fragment Canada’s already small domestic market. To this end, reforms of the Agreement on Internal Trade and measures to reduce sectoral barriers to trade are also discussed. This Working Paper relates to the 2016 OECD Economic Survey of Canada (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-canada.htm).

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For a copy of the full working paper see: Strengthening competition in network sectors and the internal market in Canada.

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