Class Actions For Reviewable Conduct Under The Competition Act? No, Not Really, But Sort Of

Recent years have seen a wave of reforms to the Competition Act being discussed and implemented. That wave has become a veritable tsunami with omnibus legislation introduced in Parliament in November 2023. That legislation proposes a number of fundamental changes to the Competition Act, which have the potential to dramatically impact Canadian businesses. While a detailed discussion of all of the amendments is beyond the scope of this blog post, perhaps the most interesting thing to litigators and businesses concerned about litigation risk, is the creation of what may prove to be a kind of pseudo-class action regime before the Competition Tribunal that ultimately allows consumers to recover losses as a result of certain types of reviewable conduct.