The Global Competition Review has published its November 2012 edition of GCR that includes a survey of some current issues in Canada including the departure of Canada’s Commissioner of Competition (Melanie Aitken), Canadian competition litigation and an interview with the former Commissioner:
“The enforcer departs
Melanie Aitken took over Canada’s Competition Bureau three years ago with a mandate to improve antitrust enforcement in the country. She’s done that, bringing scores of cases resulting in guilty pleas and courtroom victories. While critics of her enforcement agenda and approach remain, she insists her time at the bureau was good for Canadians. Ron Knox reports from Ottawa.
Canada’s antitrust bar
Over the past two years, a revised antitrust law and a more active enforcer – coupled, of course, with a sputtering merger market – has ushered in a new era of competition litigation in Canada and a more prominent focus on contentious matters generally.
An interview with Melanie Aitken
Over the past three years, Melanie Aitken, Canada’s commissioner of competition, has led a revitalization of the country’s Competition Bureau that ushered in a level of enforcement activity perhaps unmatched in its history. On Aitken’s last day at the bureau, she invited Ron Knox to her office in Gatineau – cluttered with moving boxes – for a final interview.”
For a copy of the new issue of GCR see: GCR November 2012
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