Canada: Cartels, Monopolies

La Loi sur la concurrence fédérale du Canada établit un cadre juridique complet régissant les fusions, les pratiques anticoncurrentielles et les comportements commerciaux trompeurs. Comment les entreprises internationales peuvent-elles naviguer efficacement dans ce régime réglementaire complexe qui impose des sanctions pénales pour certaines conduites tout en offrant des mécanismes civils pour d'autres pratiques commerciales?

Canada's Competition Bureau has released draft Cartel Enforcement Guidelines that consolidate and update guidance on criminal cartel provisions, introducing significant new positions on bid-rigging, foreign-based conspiracies, facilitating practices like MFN clauses, franchise systems, and employer agreements. These proposed guidelines expand the Bureau's enforcement approach beyond established case law and warrant careful attention from Canadian businesses operating in competitive markets.

Agricultural and food sector businesses face unprecedented competition law scrutiny from regulators on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border. Canada's Competition Bureau has launched a comprehensive examination of the food supply chain while the U.S. Department of Justice pursues investigations into seed industry practices, signaling a new era of heightened enforcement that demands strategic preparation from industry participants.

On July 29, 2021, the Federal Court released its reasons in Mohr v National Hockey League,1 which concerned both the representative plaintiff's Motion to Amend...

The recent Kobe Mohr v. National Hockey League decision of the Federal Court (the "Decision") provides important jurisprudential guidance on the application of sections 45 and 48 of the Competition Act (the "Act").

On May 6, 2021, Canada's Competition Bureau (Bureau) implemented the first revisions to its Competitor Collaboration Guidelines (CCGs) since they were issued over a decade ago.

On July 27, 2020, the Competition Bureau (the "Bureau") released a draft revision ("Draft Revision") to the Competitor Collaboration Guidelines (the "Guidelines") and is inviting comments in a...

On June 28, 2020, the International Competition Network (ICN) published guidelines on cooperation and coordination among competition agencies during multi-jurisdictional cartel...

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted our lives in countless ways. For example, most of us are now working remotely for our home offices, living rooms or kitchen tables. In-person meetings have been replaced by video calls, email and texts.