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legalcode-ca-competition-act-assessment

Assess Competition Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-34) compliance for Canadian businesses and counsel. Covers criminal cartel offences (price-fixing, market allocation, bid-rigging, wage-fixing, no-poach), civil reviewable matters (abuse of dominance, price maintenance, exclusive dealing, tied selling, refusal to deal), merger notification and substantive review (post-2024 amendments including repealed efficiency defence and rebuttable presumption), deceptive marketing practices (misleading advertising, drip pricing, greenwashing pre-substantiation obligations), Competition Bureau enforcement and investigation procedures, consent agreements, immunity and leniency programs, private rights of action expanded by Bills C-56 and C-59, and the section 90.1 non-competitor civil collaboration regime in force December 2024. Use when advising on competition law risk, building compliance programs, preparing for Bureau investigations, reviewing distribution or franchise agreements, conducting cartel self-audits, assessing merger filing obligations, or responding to Competition Bureau inquiries. Applies to Canada federal jurisdiction only; provincial competition law overlaps flagged where relevant.