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Be smart with smart toys – know when to pull the plug

| Competition Bureau Canada | news releases

Your kids are playing with a new doll they received for the holiday season. The instructions tell you to connect the toy to the Internet using an app… so you do. Your kids start playing with the doll, talking to it, playing house, maybe even talking about going on a trip. Suddenly, your smartphone lights up with advertisements for travel packages and services. What possibly could have happened?


Bargain hunting season could turn into a wild goose chase

| Competition Bureau Canada | news releases

The biggest online shopping events of the year is coming up. Nearly half of Canadians are expected to be joining the online hunt for bargains this Black Friday and Cyber Monday. If you’re one of them, before going wild take a minute to learn about an advertising trend that’s on the Competition Bureau’s radar: cancelled discounts.


Competition Bureau reaches agreement with La Coop fédérée and Cargill Limited

| Competition Bureau Canada | news releases

The Competition Bureau announced today that it has reached an agreement with La Coop fédérée (LCF) and Cargill Limited (Cargill) related to LCF’s proposed acquisition of Cargill’s Ontario grain business, retail crop inputs business and 50% equity interest in South West Ag Partners, Inc. The agreement will preserve competition in crop input retailing in specific areas of Ontario where LCF and Cargill own competing crop input retail locations.


Competition Bureau meets with U.S. and Mexican competition authorities

| Competition Bureau Canada | news releases

Competition Bureau meets with U.S. and Mexican competition authorities Relationship with North American counterparts plays a key role in the Bureau’s international work November 8, 2018 – OTTAWA, ON – Competition Bureau


Tales from the Cryptocurrency Investment Ghouls, Goblins and Ghosts

| Competition Bureau Canada | news releases

You are on social media and you come across what appears to be a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity to cash in on the next big cryptocurrency investment: “You may have missed out on the bitcoin rush, but here’s your chance to make a lot of money…quickly. You need to invest NOW!”


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