Tag Archives: deceptive marketing practices

July 9, 2024

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 »

May 16, 2024

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 »