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On June 14, 2019, the Canadian Commissioner of Competition (Commissioner) sued to unwind a recently completed merger involving companies that offer software to manage oil and gas reserves.

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

On August 20, 2020, the Canadian Competition Bureau (Bureau) released Strengthening Canada's economy through pro‑competitive policies, a competition assessment toolkit (Toolkit)...

On May 27, 2011, the Competition Bureau announced that it had filed an application with the Competition Tribunal in response to certain practices by the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) that the Bureau alleges are anticompetitive.

On September 4, 2025, the Canadian Competition Bureau (Bureau) announced its intention to conduct a market study into the state of competition for lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Canada.

On November 21, 2023, the Canadian federal government released its Fall Economic Statement (FES) laying out the government's economic plan and next legislative steps.

On November 18, 2025, the federal Minister of Finance introduced Bill C-15 (Bill) in the House of Commons for first reading. Among other items, the Bill proposes two key amendments...

Companies that call for bids or tenders should consider carefully whether to deviate from their formal bidding process.

On September 24, 2026, the Competition Bureau (Bureau) announced it had entered into a consent agreement with Kalibrate Canada Inc. (Kalibrate) to address concerns regarding Kalibrate’s collection and distribution of detailed retail fuel data through its Kalibrate Market Intelligence product (KMI). More broadly, the matter signals the Bureau’s willingness to challenge information-sharing arrangements under multiple provisions of the Competition Act (Act), including through abuse of dominance where the intermediary itself is alleged to be dominant.

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.

The Competition Bureau published its draft Fee and Service Standards Handbook For Merger-Related Matters.

On June 22, 2007, Bill C-11, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act and the Railway Safety Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts received Royal Assent. The Bill will come into force on a date to be proclaimed.

On June 2, 2010, the Canadian Competition Bureau (Bureau) published its policy on information sharing in the context of hostile or unsolicited take-over transactions.

The Prime Minister yesterday announced a suite of new competition law changes targeting the cost of living.

As previously reported in our March 2009 Blakes Bulletin on Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment, on March 12, 2009, Bill C-10 received royal assent and an array of significant amendments to the Competition Act came into force as a result.

On September 28, 2006, the Commissioner of Competition, Sheridan Scott, addressed the Canadian Bar Association’s Annual Fall Conference on Competition Law, held in Gatineau, Québec. In her speech, Commissioner Scott updated conference participants on the Competition Bureau’s progress on achieving the priorities that the Commissioner set out in her speech at the Spring CBA Conference and on her priorities for the remainder of the year.

The Supreme Court of Canada issued a groundbreaking decision in the area of merger efficiencies in Tervita Corp. v. Canada, allowing the appeal of Tervita Corporation and overturning the holdings of the Federal Court of Appeal and the Competition Tribunal.

On February 9, 2026, the British Columbia government announced that, further to its prior amendments to the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act (BPCPA) in 2025