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Tag Archives: Competition Act amendments
Cineplex Inc. Ordered to Pay $38.9 Million By Canada’s Competition Tribunal for Drip Pricing
On September 23, 2024, Canada’s Competition Bureau announced that the federal Competition 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 (see: Competition Bureau wins deceptive marketing … Read the rest of this entry »
2024 Competition Act Amendments (Bill C-59): Significantly Increased Penalties and Enforcement Options Across Key Areas of Canadian Competition Law
OVERVIEW OF BILL C-59 AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPETITION ACT On June 20, 2024, Bill C-59 was passed, which introduced the third of three recent significant rounds of amendments to Canada’s federal Competition Act (together with amendments that were passed in June 2022 and December 2023). This third round of … Read the rest of this entry »
2024 Competition Act Amendments (Bill C-59): Advertisers Must Now Back Up Product and Business Related Environmental Performance Claims
OVERVIEW OF BILL C-59 AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPETITION ACT On June 20, 2024, Bill C-59 was passed, which introduced the third of three recent significant rounds of amendments to Canada’s federal Competition Act (together with amendments that were passed in June 2022 and December 2023). This third round of … Read the rest of this entry »
2024 Competition Act Amendments (Bill C-59): Increased Risks for Advertisers for False or Misleading Price, Regular Price and Sale Claims
OVERVIEW OF BILL C-59 AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPETITION ACT On June 20, 2024, Bill C-59 was passed, which introduced the third of three recent significant rounds of amendments to Canada’s federal Competition Act (together with amendments that were passed in June 2022 and December 2023). This third round of … Read the rest of this entry »
Significant Proposed Deceptive Marketing Law Amendments to the Competition Act Under Bill C-59
RECENT AND PROPOSED COMPETITION ACT AMENDMENTS (BILLS C-56 AND C-59) On December 15, 2023, Bill C-56 (An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act), which introduced the first of two new significant rounds of amendments to the federal Competition Act, largely came into force. … Read the rest of this entry »
New Competition Bureau Drip Pricing Guidance
On May 15, 2024, the Canadian Competition Bureau issued new guidance on drip pricing under the federal Competition Act (see: The Ambush of Hidden Fees). In making the announcement, the Competition Bureau said: “Saving money can be challenging these days. Especially when you are buying … Read the rest of this entry »
Canadian Competition Bureau Issues New Competitive Intensity Report
On October 19, 2023, Canada’s Competition Bureau (Bureau) released a new study of competitive intensity in Canada between 2000 and 2020 (see: Competition Bureau report finds Canada’s competitive intensity in decline). In announcing its new study (Competition in Canada from 2000 to 2020: An Economy … Read the rest of this entry »
New Competition Bureau Guidance on Drip Pricing Advertising Claims
On April 17, 2023 the Competition Bureau (Bureau) published a new edition of its Deceptive Marketing Practices Digest (Volume 6) (Marketing Digest). The Bureau’s new Marketing Digest discusses three Canadian advertising/marketing related topics: the use of scarcity cues (i.e., claims that an offering has limited availability), … Read the rest of this entry »
