Canada: Antitrust/Competition Law

On June 4, 2025, the Competition Bureau (Bureau) issued final guidelines setting out how it will apply the Competition Act (Act) to property controls, i.e., exclusivity clauses in leases and restrictive covenants on real estate...

Bill 31, the Property Controls for Grocery Stores and Supermarkets Act (Various Acts Amendment) received Royal Assent on June 3, 2025, imposing a ban on restrictive covenants and exclusivity clauses that will restrict competition in the grocery sector in Manitoba.

The changes to Canada's competition laws over the past two and a half years marked a notable consensus across the political spectrum: Canada is falling out-of-step with its global contemporaries.

The recent 2024 decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal (the "ONCA"), Dr. C. Sims Dentistry Professional Corporation v. Cooke has reinforced the principle that Ontario courts...

A new lawsuit is making headlines in the world of esports, and while I tend to roll my eyes at headlines stating that a particular case might "change esports forever," in this particular case, that may actually be true, so I thought I would provide a summary of the case and the issues it brings up.

On June 21, 2023, Canada Bread Company, Limited ("Canada Bread") pleaded guilty to four offences involving violations of the Competition Act.

There are many statutes containing limitation periods that bar plaintiffs from bringing an action after a specified period of time.

The Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Pioneer Corporation v Godfrey, 2019 SCC 42, was a victory for the plaintiff, but it may prove advantageous for class action defendants in other cases.

The intersection of intellectual property law and competition law is an area that gains greater significance with each passing year.