Canada's Competition Bureau (Bureau) today announced
substantial revisions to their immunity and leniency policies'
FAQs. While the fundamental features of the programs do not
change, new elements have been added signalling a more aggressive
enforcement approach that could influence the decision to seek
immunity or leniency in Canada.
Immunity FAQs
As with other antitrust regulators, Canada has maintained an
immunity policy offering amnesty for first-in applicants disclosing
antitrust conspiracy offences since 2000. The program has been
tremendously successful in generating inquiry leads and a series of
successful resolutions of cartel cases. This most recent
revision of the FAQs represents a substantial "tuning-up"
of enforcement policies, aimed at ensuring that Canada will be
among the more top-of-mind agencies for global cartel
enforcement. The most notable features of these revisions are
as follows:
