Changes to Canada’s civil competitor collaboration provisions & property controls enforcement guidance
Introduction This bulletin is the third in our subject-matter specific series explained in the article: “A new playing field: Summarizing sweeping reforms to the Canadian Competition Act”, which summarizes key changes to Canada’s Competition Act (the “Act”). Over the last […]
Competition Bureau launches public consultation and publishes digest on greenwashing provisions
Overview On June 20, 2024, the Government of Canada passed Bill C-59, amending certain provisions of the Competition Act (the “Act”). New provisions were added to target greenwashing in an effort to protect consumers from misleading advertisements related to a […]
Gearing up for change: A new look merger-control regime
This bulletin is the second in our subject-matter specific series explained in the article: “A New Playing Field: Summarizing Sweeping Reforms to the Canadian Competition Act”, which summarizes key changes to Canada’s Competition Act (the “Act”). Over the last two […]
Amendments to the Competition Act – Bill C-59 and its impact on “Greenwashing”
Overview On June 20, 2024, the Federal Government passed Bill C-59, known as the Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023 (the “Bill C-59”)[1], amending certain provisions set out in the Competition Act (the “Act”)[2]. The amendments to the misleading advertising provisions […]
A new playing field: Summarizing sweeping reforms to the Canadian Competition Act
Overview On June 20, 2024, Bill C-59, known as The Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act[1], 2023, received royal assent, enacting further amendments to Canada’s Competition Act (the “Act”). Over the last two years, the Act has been substantially reformed through […]
Canada prohibits no poaching and wage-fixing agreements
On June 23, 2022, the Competition Act (the “Act”) was amended as a result of the Budget Implementation Act, 2022 (the “Amendments”). Some of the changes to the Act are not in effect yet, thus giving firms precious time to […]
Drip pricing practices prohibited under Canada’s Competition Act
As a result of the June 23, 2022 amendments (the “Amendments”) to the Canadian Competition Act (the “Act”), drip pricing is now expressly recognized as a deceptive marketing practice and prohibited under the civil (subsection 74.01(1.1)) and criminal (subsection 52(1.3)) provisions […]
National security provisions of the Investment Canada Act amended to create voluntary filing option
As of August 2, 2022, the national security provisions of the Investment Canada Act (the “Act”) allow foreign investors who do not have a filing obligation under the Act to receive regulatory certainty that the transaction, as it pertains to […]
Competition Act amendments: A move to retrofit, modernize
The Lawyers Daily
Eric Dufour and Reema Mahbubani discuss the most recent amendments of the Canadian Competition Act in their article published in The Lawyers Daily. Effective June 23, 2022, sweeping and substantial changes to the Canadian Competition Act (the Act) came into […]
First round of significant and expansive amendments to the Competition Act in effect
On June 23, 2022, the first round of significant and expansive amendments to the Competition Act (the “Act”) came into effect (the “2022 Amendments”). The 2022 Amendments, together with amendments that are expected to come into effect next year on June 23, 2023 (the “2023 Amendments” and […]