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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The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, will attend the Toronto Economic Forum II, organized by the Delphi Economic Forum in partnership with The Hellenic Initiative Canada. He will participate in a discussion with Nikos Papathanasis, Greece’s Alternate Minister of Economy and Finance, which will be moderated by Vassy Kapelos, CTV News Chief Political Correspondent.
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Officials from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) will hold a technical briefing for media regarding the upcoming 3800 MHz spectrum auction, which will open on October 24, 2023.
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.
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.
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.
Satellites provide a unique perspective of our planet, support cutting-edge science, and enable applications and services in many areas critical to the health and well-being of Canadians. For more than 60 years, Canadian experts have been using satellites to monitor our environment from space, as we have seen especially over the past few months during the environmental crises in Canada.
On the morning of October 19, 2023, the Competition Bureau will release the findings of its study of competitive intensity in Canada from 2000 to 2020.