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Canada’s Budget Bill to overhaul the Competition Act and Investment Canada Act

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada
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  • February 10 2009

On Friday, February 6, 2009, Canada's Minister of Finance, James Flaherty, introduced in Parliament Bill C-10, the Budget Implementation Act, to implement fiscal and economic measures Canada is taking to deal with the current economic crisis and that were set out in the January 27, 2009 federal budget

Updates on Canada’s foreign investment and competition reviews

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada
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  • February 14 2008

There have been two recent developments regarding the government’s intentions to review Canada’s foreign investment policies and competition laws

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

Competition Policy Review Panel presents final report Compete to Win

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada
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  • July 15 2008

On June 26, 2008, the Competition Policy Review Panel (the “Panel”) released Compete To Win, a report assessing Canada’s competitiveness, and in particular Canada’s foreign investment and competition policies

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

Canada issues consultation draft on new merger review framework

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada
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  • August 3 2011

On June 27, 2011, Canada’s Competition Bureau released "modestly revised" Merger Enforcement Guidelines for public comment

Changes in store for Canada’s competition and investment laws

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada
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  • November 30 2008

In the recent Speech from the Throne on November 19, 2008, entitled Protecting Canada's Future, the Canadian government outlined its plans to amend Canada's competition and investment laws

New merger review thresholds for Competition Act and Investment Canada Act

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada
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  • January 14 2013

The threshold for a pre-closing net benefit review under the Investment Canada Act and the threshold for a pre-closing merger notification under the