More Enforcement and Expanded Policy Objectives
Canada's competition and foreign investment law regimes
entered 2025 with substantial momentum. After years of, at times
plodding, legislative effort, sustained political and public
attention had produced substantial reforms to Canada's
Competition Act and Investment Canada Act. However, 12
months later, the brave new world of Canadian competition and
foreign investment law enforcement is yet to arrive. Does 2025
signal an enduring status quo? Or, as new legislative tools mature,
will 2026 see Canada's competition and foreign investment
authorities establish new enforcement paradigms?
Matthew Boswell, the former Commissioner of Competition
("Commissioner"), was outspoken in pursuing Competition
Act reform and predicting big change from the ensuing legislative
victories. In September 2024, the Commissioner presented a vision
for more enforcement action, which would be faster, stronger and
more people-focused than
