Switching service providers or renegotiating your contracts can lower your monthly bills and help you get better products and services. It makes providers compete for your business.
The Competition Bureau has joined the competition authorities of the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom in a new working group focussed on sharing information to identify and prevent potentially anticompetitive conduct in the global supply and distribution of goods.
The Commissioner of Competition welcomes a recent ruling from the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) which confirms that the Competition Tribunal has the power to temporarily block mergers in urgent circumstances.
Following Senator Howard Wetston’s invitation to comment on Canada’s competition policy framework, the Competition Bureau is pleased to publicly share its submission.
The Competition Bureau confirmed today that in 2022 the pre-merger notification threshold relating to transaction size will remain unchanged following a decision by the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry to maintain the current threshold of $93 million set in 2021.
The Competition Bureau has approved ProSoils Inc. as the buyer of Blair’s Family of Companies’ retail crop input facility in Lipton, Saskatchewan. This transaction closed on January 28, 2022. In July 2021, the Bureau, Blair’s and Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) reached an agreement that required the companies to sell the Blair’s Lipton facility, as well as two nearby anhydrous ammonia facilities, to resolve competition issues related to their proposed joint venture.
You want to shop green, but it’s not easy! As more Canadians demand products and services with a reduced environmental impact, some companies have responded with an increased supply of “green” products. But not every product is as “green” as it looks.
The Competition Bureau will launch a revamped website on January 20, 2022. With a more user-friendly design, the website meets all Government of Canada's web accessibility and usability standards.
Construction company CPL Interiors Ltd. was fined $761,967 today after pleading guilty before the Ontario Superior Court for its role in a criminal bid-rigging conspiracy. The bid-rigging scheme victimized condominium corporations in the Greater Toronto Area.
Today, the Competition Bureau and Health Canada’s Health Products and Food Branch (HPFB) issued a joint notice to stakeholders highlighting the importance of their continued collaboration to support Canadians’ access to safe, effective and affordable medicines.