The Competition Bureau has been ordered to pay $13 million to Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications by the Competition Tribunal.
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Jennifer Quaid, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Enforcement agencies like the Competition Bureau have a duty to pursue cases they consider to be well-founded and in the public interest. But it’s unrealistic to expect they will win every time.
A recent report from Canada’s competition watchdog found that a lack of competition in the grocery sector has led to higher prices for consumers.
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As Canada embarks on its post-pandemic economic recovery, policymakers must ensure economic resilience and inclusiveness while preventing existing monopoly issues from worsening.
The Rogers-Shaw deal is the largest merger to be challenged before the Competition Tribunal.
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Jennifer Quaid, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
The Rogers-Shaw decision is proving to be a legally significant case for Canada by setting a precedent that might make merger challenges harder in the future.
The Loblaws bread price-fixing scandal may have eroded public trust in the company, but will it truly hurt the grocery giant in the long run? Galen G. Weston, executive president and chairman of Loblaw Ltd., is seen in this 2016 photo.
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