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July 5, 2024
OVERVIEW OF BILL C-59 AMENDMENTS
TO THE COMPETITION ACT
On June 20, 2024, Bill C-59 was passed, which introduced the third of three recent significant rounds of amendments to Canada’s federal Competition Act (together with amendments that were passed in June 2022 and December 2023).
June 20, 2024
On June 20, 2024, Bill C-59 was passed, introducing the second of two recent significant rounds of amendments to Canada’s federal Competition Act (the first round introduced by Bill C-56).
This new round of amendments to the Competition Act completes a sweeping overhaul of Canada’s Competition Act across virtually all key provisions of Canada’s competition legislation. These amendments are also the most significant changes to Canadian competition law since the modern Competition Act came into effect in 1986 replacing the former Combines Investigation Act.
March 28, 2023
Practical Law Canada Competition, of which I am Lawyer Editor, has published a new Legal Update that discusses the Competition Bureau’s submission to the Canadian government in response to the government’s public consultation on amendments to the Competition Act.
Below is an excerpt with a link to the full Legal Update.
March 23, 2022
Practical Law Canada Competition, of which I am Lawyer Editor, published a new Legal Update, which discusses recent conspiracy (cartel) law developments under sections 45 and 90.1 of the Competition Act. In particular, this Update discusses recent announcements made by the Competition Bureau, the federal Innovation, Science and Industry Minister and the Supreme Court of British Columbia’s decision in Pantusa v. Parkland Fuel Corporation, 2022 CarswellBC 519 (S.C.).
January 15, 2020
One of the most common questions that we see and answer in our practice is whether price gouging is an offence under Canadian competition law (e.g., under the federal Competition Act). This question often arises in relation to gas prices or other high-impact consumer products (e.g., telecom/wireless services or grocery stores).
May 21, 2014
Several days ago the Competition Bureau posted new remarks by the Commissioner of Competition from the Canadian Bar Association’s 2014 Competition Law Spring Forum (one of two annual Canadian competition law conferences hosted by the CBA). See: Remarks by John Pecman, Commissioner of Competition. These new remarks are a bit of a “one stop shop” for Canadian competition law developments over the past year or two. A few highlights of the Commissioner’s remarks that caught my eye included:
August 20, 2013
Lately I’ve been seeing a lot more media and other coverage of cartels in Canada. These have included recent record fines of $5 million and $30 million achieved by the Competition Bureau in two auto-parts related bid-rigging cases (see: here), the ongoing gas price-fixing case in Quebec in which three more individuals were recently sentenced and fined (see: here), commentary relating to export cartels and Canpotex/potash production and policy commentary on regulated markets (see for example the C.D. Howe’s recent report: Beer, Butter and Barristers: How Canadian Governments Put Cartels Before Consumers).
June 15, 2013
In an interesting decision issued yesterday, the Alberta Court of Appeal overturned a Court of Queen’s Bench decision that found that two oil producers (Husky and Exxon) had violated Canada’s former conspiracy offence under section 45 of the Competition Act (the “Act”) by jointly deciding not to source fluid hauling services from a company called 321665 Alberta Ltd. (Kolt) (321665 Alberta Ltd. v. Husky Oil Operations Ltd., 2013 ABCA 221).
Templates/precedents and checklists to run promotional contests in Canada
Templates/precedents and checklists to comply with Canadian anti-spam law (CASL)
