Archive for the 'Amendments' Category
February 11, 2022
On February 8, 2022, Canada’s Competition Bureau released a submission entitled Examining the Canadian Competition Act in the Digital Era in response to Senator Howard Wetston’s invitation to comment on Canada’s competition policy framework.
The Bureau’s submission includes sweeping recommendations to amend many of the core provisions of the Competition Act, including its purpose (section 1.1) and its abuse of dominance (sections 78 and 79), civil agreements (section 90.1), conspiracy (cartels) (section 45), bid-rigging (section 47) and criminal and civil deceptive marketing (section 52 and 74.01) provisions. The last major legislative overhaul of Canada’s Competition Act was in 2009 (see: Amendments).
December 22, 2021
On March 4, 2020, the Ontario Trust in Real Estate Services Act, 2020 (TRESA) received Royal Assent, amending the Real Estate and Business Brokers Act, 2002 (REBBA). REBBA governs real estate brokerages, brokers and salespersons (real estate services registrants) in Ontario. Certain provisions under TRESA have yet to come into force and are tied to proposed new regulations under the legislation.
December 10, 2021
Does your business send commercial electronic messages (CEMs) to existing or prospective customers or other parties? Our firm has developed and published a selection of new checklists and precedents, including a detailed CASL Corporate Compliance Program, for sending CEMs in Canada and mitigating risk under Canada’s federal anti-spam legislation (CASL).
November 15, 2021
The Supreme Court of British Columbia recently declined to certify a proposed class action claim based on section 45 of Canada’s federal Competition Act (criminal conspiracy offences) on the basis that section 45 only applies to downstream (i.e., sell-side) agreements between competitors and not to the upstream (i.e., buy-side agreements) Tim Hortons franchise agreements being challenged in this case.
October 28, 2021
Practical Law Canada Competition, of which I am Lawyer Editor, has published a new Legal Update, which discusses a recent speech by the Commissioner of Competition calling for modernization of Canadian competition law. Below is an excerpt with a link to the full Legal Update.
September 17, 2021
On September 9, 2021, the C.D. Howe Institute’s Competition Policy Council (Competition Council) issued a new Communiqué with recommendations for the next Canadian federal government to amend the Competition Act and other Canadian competition policy recommendations.
May 10, 2021
Practical Law Canada Competition (of which I am Lawyer Editor) has published a new Legal Update, which discusses the Competition Bureau’s updated Competitor Collaboration Guidelines (CCGs), which were issued on May 6, 2021. The Update includes key changes from the 2009 CCGs, implications for companies engaging in collaborations with competitors and related Practical Law Canada Competition resources. Below is an excerpt with a link to the full Legal Update.
October 1, 2020
Practical Law Canada has published a New Legal Update, which discusses the Canadian Government’s temporary extension, effective from July 31, 2020 to the end of 2020, of the national security review timelines under the Investment Canada Act. In addition to its immediate impact, this extension should also be understood more broadly as consistent with the increasingly important role of national security reviews.
Templates/precedents and checklists to run promotional contests in Canada
Templates/precedents and checklists to comply with Canadian anti-spam law (CASL)
