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Five Key Things To Know About The Competition Bureau’s Guidance On Cartel Enforcement
Canada's Competition Bureau has released draft Cartel Enforcement Guidelines that consolidate and update guidance on criminal cartel provisions, introducing significant new positions on bid-rigging, foreign-based conspiracies, facilitating practices like MFN clauses, franchise systems, and employer agreements. These proposed guidelines expand the Bureau's enforcement approach beyond established case law and warrant careful attention from Canadian businesses operating in competitive markets.
Canada Anti-trust
ML
McMillan LLP
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Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes : mise à jour de juillet 2026
Le Bureau de la concurrence du Canada intensifie ses activités d'application de la loi avec 116 examens de fusions réalisés au premier semestre 2026, une enquête sur les contrôles de propriété d'Empire Company Limited dans la chaîne d'approvisionnement alimentaire, et la publication de nouvelles lignes directrices sur les cartels. Les développements récents incluent également une entente par voie de consentement avec BVD Petroleum concernant l'acquisiti
Canada Anti-trust
BC
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
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Five Key Things To Know About The Competition Bureau’s Guidance On Cartel Enforcement
Canada's Competition Bureau has released draft Cartel Enforcement Guidelines that consolidate and update guidance on criminal cartel provisions, introducing significant new positions on bid-rigging, foreign-based conspiracies, facilitating practices like MFN clauses, franchise systems, and employer agreements. These proposed guidelines expand the Bureau's enforcement approach beyond established case law and warrant careful attention from Canadian businesses operating in competitive markets.
Canada Anti-trust
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McMillan LLP
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Five Key Things To Know About The Competition Bureau’s Guidance On Cartel Enforcement
Canada's Competition Bureau has released draft Cartel Enforcement Guidelines that consolidate and update guidance on criminal cartel provisions, introducing significant new positions on bid-rigging, foreign-based conspiracies, facilitating practices like MFN clauses, franchise systems, and employer agreements. These proposed guidelines expand the Bureau's enforcement approach beyond established case law and warrant careful attention from Canadian businesses operating in competitive markets.
Canada Anti-trust
ML
McMillan LLP
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Heightened Competition Law Scrutiny Has Arrived For The Agriculture And Food Space
Agricultural and food sector businesses face unprecedented competition law scrutiny from regulators on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border. Canada's Competition Bureau has launched a comprehensive examination of the food supply chain while the U.S. Department of Justice pursues investigations into seed industry practices, signaling a new era of heightened enforcement that demands strategic preparation from industry participants.
Canada Anti-trust
MA
MLT Aikins LLP
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Trade Regulation & Practices

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Tit For Tat? Section 338 Tariffs Take Effect As Canada Prepares To Retaliate
U.S. President Trump's 50% Section 338 tariffs on Canadian goods took effect on August 22, 2026, after trade negotiations collapsed over issues including dairy access, provincial alcohol bans, and constraints on Canada's trade autonomy. Prime Minister Carney suspended talks and announced dollar-for-dollar retaliatory measures effective September 8, 2026, targeting steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, and electronics.
Canada International
GW
Gowling WLG
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Expiry Review & Exclusions: Refined Sugar
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has initiated an expiry review of anti-dumping and countervailing duties on refined sugar imports from five countries, presenting a critical opportunity for producers and importers to request product exclusions. This review, occurring every five years, will determine whether existing trade remedies remain necessary and allows parties to seek exemptions for products that Canadian industry cannot supply comparably.
Canada International
MK
Millar Kreklewetz
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