Top Competition And Foreign Investment Review Trends And Issues For 2016

In our annual forecast of the year ahead for Canadian competition and foreign investment review law, we evaluate how developments in 2015 will influence these areas of the law in 2016. Our top issues and trends to watch for this year include the following:

• The impact of the new federal government. Although foreign investors can generally expect "business as usual" under the new Liberal government, incremental reforms to the Investment Canada Act are likely – in particular, a clarification of the net benefit test. With regard to competition legislation proposed by the previous government, it remains to be seen whether the Liberal government will resuscitate the much-criticized Price Transparency Act or move ahead with non-controversial technical amendments to clarify the Competition Act.