On September 22, 2006, the Competition Bureau published its Information Bulletin on Merger Remedies in Canada (Bulletin). The Bulletin is intended to provide guidance on the general principles applied by the Bureau when it seeks, designs, and implements remedies in merger cases. The Bureau intends to include, as an appendix, an outline of a model consent agreement, which it says will be published "shortly". The final Bulletin was issued just in time for the Canadian Bar Association's Annual Fall Competition Law Conference, almost a year after the initial draft bulletin in November, 2005.
The Bulletin must be read in the context of the merger remedies guidelines issued by Europe and the U.S. as part of the International Competition Network's work on improving international competition enforcement. In cooperating with other enforcement agencies internationally, Canada may rely on foreign remedies if they do not raise any Canada-specific issues.
