In this report, the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group outlines the key Canadian developments in the areas of competition and foreign investment law over the past year and sets out the key trends for 2015.

On May 6, 2021, the Canadian Competition Bureau (Bureau) released an update to its Competitor Collaboration Guidelines (Guidelines).

Parliament recently passed an amendment to the Competition Act (Act) enacting criminal sanctions and private actions for damages for no-poach and...

A jointly issued note sets out the framework for co-operation between the Competition Bureau and the Investment Review Division of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada...

In general, the Competition Bureau (the Bureau) must be notified in advance of proposed mergers and acquisitions when the assets or revenues of the target firm in Canada exceed C$70-million.

On April 17, 2025, the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 ("Bill 5") completed its first reading in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

On April 29, 2026, following the conclusion of multilateral charter negotiations in Montréal, Canada was unanimously selected by the 19 founding member nations as the future host country for the headquarters...

This new policy will apply to foreign investments in public health, the supply of critical goods and services, or that are undertaken by investors with ties to foreign governments.

On December 21, TMAC Resources Inc. announced that its proposed sale to Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd., a Chinese state-owned gold miner,...

By way of background, the ICA contemplates two types of review in respect of foreign investments: economic review and national security review.

The Minister will have the power to issue those extensions until September 30, 2020, and can also extend periods retroactively from March 13, 2020.

On November 2, 2012, Christian Paradis, federal Minister of Industry, announced that CNOOC Ltd had agreed to a further extension of the Minister's review of CNOOC's proposed acquisition of Nexen Inc.

By Cabinet order, the Canadian government has blocked the agreed acquisition of TMAC Resources Inc. (owner of the Hope Bay gold mine in Nunavut) by Chinese state-owned...

On December 19, 2016, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Navdeep Bains, announced the release of long-awaited guidelines relating to the national security review of investments by non-Canadians . . .

The proposed regulations generally take taxpayer-friendly positions that would apply the QFPF exemption broadly.

On March 5, 2025, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne announced that the impact of a foreign investment on Canada's economic security has been explicitly added to the Guidelines.

For years, stakeholders have been calling on the government to implement a voluntary filing regime in respect of certain classes of transaction that are not subject to a mandatory filing obligation.

On December 19, 2016, the Canadian Government released new Guidelines on the National Security Review of Investments under the Investment Canada Act increasing review transparency...

Goodmans Counsel Kate McNeece hosts CBA's Counterfactual podcast episode 22, Fair Trade?: North American Competitiveness, Tariffs and Trade with Professor Meredith Lilly.

Canada's regulatory landscape is constantly shifting in response to political, economic, social and environmental developments.