This Article argues that the result in The Commissioner of Competition v. Visa Canada Corporation and MasterCard International Incorporated revealed a gap in the Competition Act's price maintenance provision...

Michael Kilby and Lawson Hunter of our Competition & Foreign Investment Group recently co-authored an opinion piece in the Globe & Mail ..

On January 16, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed a leave application by the unsuccessful plaintiff in 321665 Alberta Ltd. v. Husky Oil Operations Ltd.

Bill C-38, the Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act, which was given first reading on April 26, 2012, contains a proposed amendment to the Investment Canada Act to allow the Industry Minister to publicly disclose the fact that he has sent a preliminary notice to a foreign investor that he is not satisfied that the foreign investor’s proposed investment is likely to be of net benefit to Canada.

Antitrust class actions confront companies in a wide range of industries with high stakes litigation, and the continued globalization of commerce has increasingly given rise to simultaneous exposure and potential liability in multiple jurisdictions.

A discussion on a recent decision issued by the Competition Tribunal in Commissioner of Competition v. Visa Canada Corporation and MasterCard International Incorporated.

On October 5, 2011, the Competition Bureau released a "Position Statement" summarizing its approach in reviewing Canadian Tire’s recent acquisition of the Forzani Group.

The Competition Bureau has made it clear that an enforcement priority is the practice of "drip pricing"; that is the advertisement of a price that is unattainable...

In Episode 2 of our Competitive Insights, Antonio Di Domenico, co-chair of Fasken's Competition, Marketing, and Foreign Investment Group, and John Pecman...

Over the past two years, Canada has been undertaking significant reform of its Competition laws, with amendments coming into effect. In a recent article with Financier Worldwide, BP&P's Managing Partner Alicia...

The Competition Bureau announced the 2015 "size of transaction" pre-merger notification threshold under the Competition Act would increase to $86 million; the 2014 threshold was $82 million.

Canada's planned increase to the generally applicable threshold for "net benefit" reviews under the Investment Canada Act (ICA) from $800 million to $1 billion became effective June 22, 2017.

On December 2, 2014, the Competition Bureau approved the sale of three additional Shoppers stores to Rexall and an independent pharmacist operating under the McKesson banner.

The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel recently published an article discussing the differences between Canadian competition law and American antitrust law as well as some of the legislative developments occurring in the two countries.

Michael Osborne, partner at Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP, was quoted in a recent Law Times article regarding a recent Divisional Court decision to grant leave to umbrella purchaser claims that could lead to an increase in these types of claims.

Michael Osborne has been invited by the Competition Bureau to participate at the International Competition Network's (ICN) Cartel Workshop in Cartagena, Columbia, in late October.

The Competition Tribunal today released an interim supply order requiring the Insurance Bureau of Canada to continue to supply access to its Web Claims Search Application to the Used Car Dealers Association of Ontario.

The Competition Bureau has approved the sale by Loblaw of ten Shoppers Drug Mart stores, pursuant to the March 2014 Consent Agreement.

Postmedia’s proposed acquisition of Sun Media’s English-language media assets was recently approved by the Competition Bureau.

Michael Osborne is quoted in Drew Hasselback’s Legal Post article "Supreme Court decision will shape future of price fixing class actions" published October 30, 2013 in the Financial Post.