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Welcome to Fasken’s Competition, Antitrust and Foreign Investment Blog. Competition Chronicle strives to provide timely news, commentary and insight on recent rulings and current and developing trends.

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Abuse of Dominance

Examinations of cases and guidelines related to dominant market positions, focusing on practices that may hinder competition.
  • Competition Bureau Releases Proposed Enforcement Guidelines: A New Framework for Addressing Anti-Competitive Conduct and Agreements, 11/19/2025
  • Competition Bureau Finalizes Competitor Property Controls Guidance, 6/12/2025
  • BILL C-59 RECEIVES ROYAL ASSENT, 6/21/2024
  • Competition Bureau Outlines Preliminary Enforcement Approach on Competitor Property Controls, 8/29/2024
  • Bureau Publishes New Abuse of Dominance Guidelines, 11/7/2023
  • Proposed Amendments to the Competition Act receive first reading in House of Commons, 9/27/2023
  • Competition Bureau Recommends Significant Changes to Competition Act, 4/4/2023

Amendments

Legislative changes to Canada's Competition Act, including analyses of new provisions and their implications for businesses.
  • New Private Rights of Action Have Come into Force, 6/20/2025
  • Does firm size matter more with the recent amendments to the Competition Act?, 11/5/2024
  • Amendments To The Competition Act Only One Step Towards A Truly Competitive Economy, 9/11/2024
  • Proposed amendments to the merger review process in Canada: Implications for businesses, 12/11/2023
  • Canada Proposes a Significant Expansion of Private Competition Litigation:  the Breakdown and Takeaways, 12/13/2023
  • Significant Competition Act Amendments on the Horizon, 12/1/2023
  • Federal Government Releases Fall Economic Statement – with New Competition Act Amendments Previewed, 11/24/2023
  • Update on proposed amendments to the Investment Canada Act, 10/10/2023
  • 2022/23 Investment Canada Act Annual Report, 10/4/2023
  • Public Consultation on Amendments to the Competition Act – Summary of Feedback, 9/28/2023

Antitrust Issues

Competition Compliance Programs

Guidance on developing and implementing compliance programs to adhere to competition laws and regulations.
  • Competition Authorities shining the light on AI, 5/1/2024
  • Competition Bureau Announces Public Consultation and Guidance on Greenwashing, 7/25/2024
  • Whose Claim is it Anyway? BCCA Provides Guidance on Overlapping Claims for Aboriginal Title, 12/17/2024
  • Changes to Quebec Contest Rules, 11/28/2023
  • The Dufresne Group Hit with $3.25 Million Penalty Amidst Competition Bureau’s Concerns Over Marketing Claims, 10/3/2023
  • Prime Minister Announces Proposed Competition Law Changes, 9/18/2023
  • United States Antitrust Agencies Announce New Merger Guidelines: Overview and Implications for Canada, 8/2/2023
  • Competition Bureau Issues Finalized Enforcement Guidelines for Wage-Fixing and No-Poaching Offences:  What You Need To Know, 5/31/2023
  • Competition Bureau Releases Deceptive Marketing Practices Digest: Volume 6, 5/1/2023

Foreign Investment

  • Key Takeaways from the Annual Report on the Administration of the Investment Canada Act for Fiscal Year 2024–25, 3/2/2026
  • Government of Canada Raises Net Benefit Review Thresholds for 2026, 1/14/2026
  • Government of Canada Raises Net Benefit Review Thresholds for 2025, 1/20/2025
  • Canada Threatens to Challenge SRG Proposed Redomiciling Plan Removing the Need for Investment Canada Review, 4/5/2024
  • Canada to Subject Interactive Digital Media Investments to Enhanced Scrutiny, 3/8/2024
  • “Canada Needs More Competition”: Competition Bureau Releases its Retail Grocery Market Study Report, 6/29/2023

Merger Notification & Review

Insights into the processes and considerations involved in merger assessments, including recent amendments affecting merger provisions.
  • Canada Maintains Competition Act Pre‑Merger Notification Threshold at C$93 million for 2026, 3/5/2026
  • Further and Significant Proposed Amendments to the Competition Act in the areas of Merger Review, Ordinary Sales Pricing, Drip Pricing and Environmental Claims, 5/10/2024
  • Update on proposed amendments to the Investment Canada Act, 10/10/2023
  • Merger Transaction-Size Threshold Remains Frozen at C$93M; Investment Canada Act Review Thresholds Increased, 3/1/2024
  • Proposed amendments to the merger review process in Canada: Implications for businesses, 12/11/2023
  • Takeaways from the Competition Bureau’s Competition Law Summit and Report on Competition, 10/24/2023
  • Buyer Beware!  Aggressive Competition Watchdogs Trying to Block More International Deals – a cautionary tale from the Illumina-GRAIL merger challenge, 9/20/2023
  • FTC and DOJ Propose Changes to US Merger Filing Process, 7/24/2023

National Security

Patents

Series – The Evolving Competition Law Landscape in Canada

  • Series – The Evolving Competition Law Landscape in Canada: Part 1 – Abuse of Dominance, 6/25/2024
  • Series – The Evolving Competition Law Landscape in Canada: Part 2 – Merger Review, 6/28/2024
  • Series – The Evolving Competition Law Landscape in Canada: Part 3 – Cartels, Agreements and Collaboration, 7/3/2024
  • Series – The Evolving Competition Law Landscape in Canada: Part 4 – Deceptive Marketing Practices, 7/8/2024
  • Series – The Evolving Competition Law Landscape in Canada: Part 5 – Private Competition Litigation, 7/22/2024

Team

Primary Contacts
  • Huy Do, Partner | CO-LEADER, COMPETITION, MARKETING & FOREIGN INVESTMENT | LEADER, SOUTHEAST ASIA GROUP, Toronto, ON, +1 416 868 3505, [email protected]
  • Henry Gray, Associate | Competition, Marketing & Foreign Investment, Toronto, ON, +1 416 865 4476, [email protected]
Huy Do Toronto Lawyer Huy Do Partner | CO-LEADER, COMPETITION, MARKETING & FOREIGN INVESTMENT | LEADER, SOUTHEAST ASIA GROUP Toronto, ON +1 416 868 3505
Henry Gray Ottawa Articling Student Henry Gray Associate | Competition, Marketing & Foreign Investment Toronto, ON +1 416 865 4476

Author

  • Huy Do, Partner | CO-LEADER, COMPETITION, MARKETING & FOREIGN INVESTMENT | LEADER, SOUTHEAST ASIA GROUP, Toronto, ON, +1 416 868 3505, [email protected]
Huy Do Toronto Lawyer Huy Do Partner | CO-LEADER, COMPETITION, MARKETING & FOREIGN INVESTMENT | LEADER, SOUTHEAST ASIA GROUP Toronto, ON +1 416 868 3505

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