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Sweeping changes to Competition Act and Investment Canada Act now in effect

Norton Rose Canada LLP
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Canada
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March 16 2009

The major changes described in our February 2009 Information Bulletin entitled Canada’s Budget Bill to Overhaul the Competition Act and Investment Canada Act became law on March 12, 2009

Canada’s new two-stage merger review process begins to take shape

Norton Rose Canada LLP
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Canada
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April 7 2009

Canada adopted a two-stage merger review process on March 12, 2009 following amendments to the Competition Act contained in Canada’s recent federal budget

Major changes made to Canada’s competition and foreign investment laws

Norton Rose Canada LLP
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Canada
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April 23 2009

On March 12, 2009, major changes to Canada’s Competition Act and Investment Canada Act came into effect upon passage of the most recent federal budget

Recent developments from the Competition Bureau

Norton Rose Canada LLP
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Canada
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August 3 2010

The Competition Bureau recently released a number of policy documents designed to increase transparency in its review processes and provide greater clarity to stakeholders

2009 year in review

Norton Rose Canada LLP
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Canada
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February 11 2010

In 2009, Canada made significant amendments to its competition and foreign investment laws, including introducing a "per se" criminal offence for conspiracies and emulating aspects of the pre-merger notification system in the United States

The Canadian Competition Bureau issues updated enforcement bulletins

Norton Rose Canada LLP
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Canada
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November 22 2010

The Competition Bureau released two enforcement bulletins in September to clarify its approach to compliance programs and the regulated conduct defence

Merger developments at the Canadian Competition Bureau

Norton Rose Canada LLP
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Canada
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November 16 2010

It has been a busy autumn for Canada's Competition Bureau on the mergers front, as the Bureau announced plans to consult stakeholders on the need to revise its merger analysis framework and updated its merger-related fee and service standards policy to reflect major changes to the Competition Act adopted in 2009

Competition Bureau seeks to dissolve non-reviewable merger

Norton Rose Canada LLP
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Canada
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February 9 2011

Continuing the recently stepped-up pace of enforcement actions at the Competition Bureau, the Commissioner of Competition filed a notice of application with the Competition Tribunal on January 24, 2011 seeking to undo the acquisition of a secure landfill site in northeastern British Columbia

Canadian competition law - 2010 year in review

Norton Rose Canada LLP
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Canada
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March 15 2011

Some of the most sweeping changes to Canada's Competition Act since the 1980s came into effect in 2010

Clarifying Canada's new two-stage merger review process: the Competition Bureau publishes its final Merger Review Process Guidelines

Norton Rose Canada LLP
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Canada
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October 6 2009

On September 18, 2009, the Competition Bureau published its final Merger Review Process Guidelines, which describe the Bureau's approach to Canada's new two-stage merger review process adopted following the March 2009 amendments to the Competition Act

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