Canadian merger review: recent developments | Practical Law

Canadian merger review: recent developments | Practical Law

Following substantial amendments to Canada's Competition Act in 2009, the Competition Bureau has undertaken a varied programme of development and revision with a view to updating and improving its framework for merger review. This chapter considers three key aspects of the Bureau's merger modernisation initiative, undertaken throughout 2011: procedural revisions, amended substantive guidance, and renewed enforcement activity.

Canadian merger review: recent developments

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Canadian merger review: recent developments

by David Faye and Robert S Russell, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Law stated as at 01 Dec 2011Canada (Common Law)
Following substantial amendments to Canada's Competition Act in 2009, the Competition Bureau has undertaken a varied programme of development and revision with a view to updating and improving its framework for merger review. This chapter considers three key aspects of the Bureau's merger modernisation initiative, undertaken throughout 2011: procedural revisions, amended substantive guidance, and renewed enforcement activity.