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ARTICLE · 08 DECEMBER 2025

Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes : mise à jour de novembre 2025

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Bienvenue à l'édition de novembre de l'infolettre Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes, une publication mensuelle des groupes Concurrence et antitrust et Investissement étranger de Blakes.

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Bienvenue à l'édition de novembre de l'infolettre Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes, une publication mensuelle des groupes  Concurrence et antitrust  et  Investissement étranger de Blakes. Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes présente un survol des développements récents en droit de la concurrence et en droit de l'investissement étranger au Canada. Nous y faisons notamment le point sur les activités d'application de la loi du Bureau de la concurrence du Canada (le « Bureau »), ainsi que sur les initiatives récentes et les tendances clés dans le domaine.

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  • Le Bureau a réalisé un nombre similaire d'examens de fusions entre le 1er janvier et le 31 octobre 2025 (185) qu'à la même période en 2024 (172), mais plus élevé qu'à la même période en 2023 (158). La durée moyenne d'un examen de fusion entre le 1er janvier et le 31 octobre 2025 a été de 40 jours civils, soit une augmentation par rapport à une durée moyenne de 38 jours civils entre le 1er janvie

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