Competition Act

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The Competition Act is a Canadian federal law that promotes and protects market competition by prohibiting anti-competitive practices such as cartels, abuse of dominance, and deceptive marketing.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian federal statute
competition law
administeredBy Competition Bureau NERFINISHED
allows imposition of fines for certain offences
imprisonment for certain criminal offences
appliesTo federal level
contains civil abuse of dominance provisions
civil deceptive marketing provisions
criminal conspiracy provisions
merger remedies provisions
containsProvision administrative monetary penalties
civil reviewable matters
criminal offences
merger review
pre-merger notification
private access to Competition Tribunal in certain cases
country Canada
empowers Commissioner of Competition to conduct investigations
Competition Bureau to conduct searches with warrants NERFINISHED
Competition Bureau to obtain production orders NERFINISHED
Competition Bureau to seek court orders
enforcedBy Competition Bureau NERFINISHED
enforcedThrough Competition Tribunal NERFINISHED
criminal courts
jurisdiction Canada
legalArea antitrust law
consumer protection (limited aspects)
objective to deter anti-competitive conduct
to protect the competitive process rather than individual competitors
overseenBy Commissioner of Competition NERFINISHED
prohibits abuse of dominance
bid-rigging
cartels
deceptive marketing practices
exclusive dealing in certain circumstances
false or misleading representations to the public
market allocation agreements
multi-level marketing schemes that contravene the Act
price maintenance in certain circumstances
price-fixing agreements
pyramid selling schemes
refusal to deal in certain circumstances
tied selling in certain circumstances
purpose to ensure small and medium-sized enterprises have equitable opportunities to participate in the Canadian economy
to expand opportunities for Canadian participation in world markets
to maintain and encourage competition in Canada
to promote efficiency and adaptability of the Canadian economy
to provide consumers with competitive prices and product choices
replaced Combines Investigation Act NERFINISHED
sector competition policy

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Competition Bureau appliesLaw Competition Act