Proposals for Amending the Competition Act

Abstract

Given the Canadian government's stated intent and the broader public interest that has recently become apparent, it is becoming increasingly likely that there will be an extensive review of Canadian competition policy-in particular the Competition Act-in the coming months. This is a welcome development as many challenges with the current regime have presented themselves in recent years. This paper reviews arguments for and against certain key proposals and offers-from an economist's perspective-a selective set of suggestions for legislative amendments to the Competition Act in the areas of collusion, abuse of dominance, mergers and with respect to market studies.