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UPDATE: Competition compliance during the COVID-19 crisis: Price-gouging, deceptive marketing and collusion

In a policy statement on April 8, 2020, the Commissioner of Competition acknowledged the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 crisis and advised businesses that the Bureau would be unlikely to challenge good faith efforts at competitor collaboration that were aimed at responding to the crisis and meeting the essential needs of Canadians.

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Risk and consequences

I like to think that effective risk management helps the managers of an organization, at all levels, make the informed and intelligent decisions necessary for success – reliably achieving enterprise objectives considering all the things that might happen, both positive and negative.

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Commissioner of Competition makes his mark: Rare merger challenges

A recent notice of application filed with the Canadian Competition Tribunal is the first contested merger challenge since the Staples / Office Depot transaction in 2015 and the first by the current Commissioner who himself received a permanent appointment as Commissioner only in March 2019.

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