Today, the Competition Bureau published the final version of its revised Competitor Collaboration Guidelines. These updates are intended to provide clarity to the business and legal communities on how to identify and avoid the types of collaboration that can harm competition.

• Notable updates to the guidelines include: 

  • providing greater context regarding the types of evidence the Bureau will consider in assessing whether firms are competitors; and 
  • clarifying the Bureau’s approach to agreements between competitors for the purchase of products, as highlighted in its recent statement from November 2020. 

• The guidelines are for general application and were not updated in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• The Bureau will continue to review and update its guidelines in light of experience, changing circumstances and court decisions. 

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• Competitor Collaboration Guidelines

Associated links

• Competition Bureau statement on competitor collaborations during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Competition Bureau statement on the application of the Competition Act to no-poaching, wage-fixing and other buy-side agreements
• Responses to the consultation on the Competitor Collaboration Guidelines

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