Welcome to the September issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Blakes Competitive Edge provides an overview of recent developments in Canadian...more
Welcome to the August issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Blakes Competitive Edge provides an overview of recent developments in Canadian...more
In our previous Bennett Jones insight, we described several upcoming (and far-reaching) amendments to the Competition Act (the Act) introduced by the Government of Canada in 2023. The most recent set of amendments came into...more
Bienvenue à l’édition de juillet de l’infolettre Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes, une publication mensuelle des groupes Concurrence et antitrust et Investissement étranger de Blakes. Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes...more
Welcome to the July issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Blakes Competitive Edge provides an overview of recent developments in Canadian...more
Comme nous en avons discuté dans notre publication de février 2024 intitulée Perspectives sur le droit de la concurrence au Canada et notre Bulletin Blakes de décembre 2023 intitulé Refonte des règles : Mise à jour de la Loi...more
As previewed in our February 2024 Canadian Competition Law Outlook and our November 2023 Blakes Bulletin: Revamping the Rules: Canadian Competition Act Update, significant and wide-ranging amendments to the Competition Act...more
Parliament recently passed Bill C-59 (the Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023), which include important changes to Canada’s Competition Act, many of which are now in force. These amendments follow the already...more
Bienvenue à l’édition de juin de l’infolettre Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes, une publication mensuelle des groupes Concurrence et antitrust et Investissement étranger de Blakes. Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes présente...more
Welcome to the June issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Blakes Competitive Edge provides an overview of recent developments in Canadian...more
Canadian businesses may soon face tougher standards in merger review if amendments being considered by the government to include “structural presumptions” and more onerous remedy standards in merger reviews are passed into...more
Welcome to the February issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Blakes Competitive Edge provides an overview of recent developments in Canadian...more
Welcome to the March issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Blakes Competitive Edge provides an overview of recent developments in Canadian...more
Welcome to the January issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Blakes Competitive Edge provides an overview of recent developments in Canadian...more
La réforme du droit de la concurrence au Canada va bon train, plusieurs modifications importantes ayant déjà été apportées à la Loi sur la concurrence (la « Loi »), dont l’adoption de nouvelles règles relatives aux études de...more
Competition law reform in Canada is in full swing, with several important changes to the Competition Act (Act), including new rules relating to market studies, mergers and abuse of dominance now in effect. Additional...more
Bienvenue à l’édition de décembre d’Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes, une publication mensuelle des groupes Concurrence et antitrust et Investissement étranger de Blakes. Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes présente un survol...more
Following several years of lively public discussion, two high-profile consultations and the introduction of several “interim amendments” to the Competition Act in 2022, the federal government has now tabled two new bills...more
Welcome to the December issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Blakes Competitive Edge provides an overview of recent developments in Canadian...more
Ce récent projet de réforme prévoit l’élargissement de la portée des dispositions civiles, le renforcement du cadre d’examen des fusions et diverses autres modifications. Le 28 novembre 2023, le gouvernement du Canada a...more
Expanded scope for private enforcement, wider net cast for merger reviews, and other amendments in latest reform proposals - On November 28, 2023, the Canadian government proposed significant and wide-ranging amendments to...more
Le 21 novembre 2023, le gouvernement fédéral du Canada a publié son Énoncé économique de l’automne (l’« ÉÉA »), dans lequel il présente la suite de son plan d’action pour l’économie ainsi que les mesures législatives à venir....more
Bienvenue à l’édition de novembre d’Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes, une publication mensuelle des groupes Concurrence et antitrust et Investissement étranger de Blakes. Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes présente un survol...more
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. It signaled, among other things, additional expansive...more
Canada’s Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland, delivered the federal government’s Fall Economic Statement (FES) on November 21, 2023, in which she announced the government’s intention to introduce “generational changes to...more