Two individuals charged with conspiracy to rig bids for Québec City infrastructure contracts
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Two individuals charged with conspiracy to rig bids for Québec City infrastructure contracts
| Competition Bureau Canada | news releases
Two individuals charged with conspiracy to rig bids for Québec City infrastructure contracts
| Competition Bureau Canada | news releases
Canada’s Commissioner of Competition, Matthew Boswell, attended the G7 Competition Authorities and Policymakers’ Summit today to discuss competition in digital markets and emerging technologies, such as generative artificial intelligence (AI). Commissioner Boswell will also attend the International Symposium on merger enforcement and regulatory developments on November 9th, 2023.
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Competition Bureau resolves competition concerns with Global Fuels acquisition of Greenergy’s retail fuel business October 26, 2023 – GATINEAU (Quebec), Competition Bureau
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Competition Bureau seeks feedback on its supplementary guidance regarding abuse of dominance October 25, 2023 – GATINEAU (Quebec), Competition Bureau
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Criminal charges were laid before the Court of Québec yesterday against Richard Dionne and Richard Labelle, who are accused of conspiring in 2021 to rig bids on public road and culvert work on Highway 50 (since renamed Guy Lafleur) in the region of Gatineau in Québec.
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Inter-Cité Construction Ltée will pay $150,000 for arranging with a competitor to allocate territories for paving contracts awarded by the ministère des Transports du Québec.
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Engineering firm Teknika HBA Inc. (now Les Services EXP Inc.) has been ordered to pay $200,000 for bid-rigging on municipal infrastructure contracts in Québec.
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Today, the Competition Bureau published the findings of an in-depth study ꟷ Competition in Canada from 2000 to 2020: An Economy at a Crossroads ꟷ which tracks a decline in Canada’s competitive intensity over the last two decades.
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A Competition Bureau investigation concluded that The Dufresne Group Inc. (TDG) and its affiliates, better known for their retail brands Dufresne Furniture and Appliances and certain Ashley HomeStores, offered certain products at inflated regular prices and then advertised them at big discounts, suggesting significant savings to consumers.
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The Competition Bureau, alongside the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and the Federal Economic Competition Commission of Mexico, launched a joint initiative today to detect and combat anti-competitive conduct by businesses and individuals involved in providing goods and services related to the 2026 FIFA World Cup.