The Canadian Competition Bureau (Bureau) raised concerns in its 2023 market study of the grocery sector about the use of competitor property controls (i.e., terms in commercial leases or covenants that run with the land) to...more
7/22/2025
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Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Canada ,
Canadian Competition Act ,
Commercial Leases ,
Commercial Real Estate Market ,
Competition ,
Competition Act ,
Enforcement ,
Final Guidance ,
Grocery Stores ,
New Legislation ,
Real Estate Development ,
Real Estate Market ,
Real Estate Transactions ,
Restrictive Covenants
The Canadian Competition Bureau (Bureau) recently released the final version of its guidance titled Environmental claims and the Competition Act (Guidelines). The Guidelines follow draft guidance, released in December 2024,...more
7/9/2025
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Canada ,
Competition Act ,
Enforcement Guidance ,
Environmental Claims ,
Environmental Policies ,
False Advertising ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Greenwashing ,
New Guidance ,
New Regulations ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Sustainability
Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry (Minister), François-Philippe Champagne, has announced an update to the Investment Canada Act (ICA) National Security Review Guidelines (Guidelines) to expressly include...more
In June 2024, amendments to the Canadian Competition Act (Act) garnered significant attention (and criticism) from both business and legal communities in Canada for the introduction of new “greenwashing” provisions. The new...more
2/12/2025
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Canada ,
Canadian Competition Act ,
Climate Change ,
Competition ,
Compliance ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Policies ,
False Advertising ,
Greenwashing ,
Sustainability ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
Significant amendments to Canada’s Competition Act (Act) dominated discussion about Canadian competition law policy and enforcement in 2022. Given the full implementation of the first round of amendments and the formal...more
In this annual review of Canadian foreign investment law, we discuss developments over the past year, including proposed amendments to the Investment Canada Act (ICA) and new government policies on the treatment of specific...more
2/6/2023
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Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Espionage ,
Foreign Investment ,
Investment Canada Act ,
Investors ,
Minerals ,
National Security ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Russia ,
Transparency
Canada’s Competition Bureau (Bureau) hosted a summit in late September, its first in-person event in more than two years. The summit explored the intersection between competition law and environmental and sustainability...more