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- Canada’s Competition Bureau Issues New Guidance for Developing Competition Law Compliance Programs
On August 14, 2025, Canada’s federal Competition Bureau (Bureau) announced that it had issued new guidance for companies and others to develop competition law compliance programs (see: “Develop a compliance program for your business in 10 easy steps!”). In general, the Bureau has published on its Co … Read more »
- Competition Bureau Sues DoorDash and Canada’s Wonderland – “Drip Pricing” Continues to be a Top Deceptive Marketing Priority
On May 5, 2025 and June 2, 2025, Canada’s Competition Bureau (“Bureau”) announced that it was suing Canada’s Wonderland Company (“Wonderland”) and Door Dash Inc. and its subsidiary DoorDash Technologies Canada Inc. (“DoorDash”) for allegedly engaging in drip pricing in violation of the civil decepti … Read more »
- Expanded Private Access to the Competition Tribunal Now in Force for Deceptive Marketing and Civil Agreements Under the Competition Act
OVERVIEW OF JUNE 2024 AMENDMENTS On June 20, 2024, Bill C-59 was passed (the Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023), which introduced the third of three significant rounds of amendments to Canada’s federal Competition Act in two years (together with Bill C-19 and Bill C-56). For more info … Read more »
- Canada’s Competition Bureau Issues Final Guidelines on Environmental Claims Under the Competition Act (Canada’s New “Green Guides”)
OVERVIEW OF JUNE 20, 2024 COMPETITION ACT AMENDMENTS On June 20, 2024, Bill C-59 was passed (the Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023), which introduced the third of three significant rounds of amendments to Canada’s federal Competition Act in two years (together with Bill C-19 and Bill … Read more »
- Canadian Competition Tribunal Releases Full Decision In $38.9 Million Cineplex Drip Pricing Case
On September 23, 2024, Canada’s Competition Bureau announced that the federal Competition Tribunal (Tribunal) had found that Cineplex Inc. (Cineplex), a Canadian theatre chain, had engaged in drip pricing by adding a mandatory and insufficiently disclosed $1.50 online booking fee for the online sal … Read more »