# Ca competition act assessment
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Assess Competition Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-34) compliance for Canadian businesses and counsel.

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dealing, tied selling, refusal to deal), merger notification and substantive review (post-2024 amendments including repealed efficiency defence and rebuttable presumption), deceptive marketing practices (misleading advertising, drip pricing, greenwashing pre-substantiation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.

This skill assesses an organization's exposure under Canada's Competition Act and supports counsel in building or reviewing compliance programs, evaluating specific transactions or practices, and preparing responses to Competition Bureau inquiries. **Covers:** - Criminal cartel offences: price-fixing, market allocation, bid-rigging (ss. 45–47), and the 2023 per-se criminal wage-fixing and no-poach offences (s. 45(1.1)) - Civil reviewable matters: abuse of dominance (ss. 78–79 post-2024 two-part test), price maintenance (s. 76), refusal to deal (s. 75), exclusive dealing, tied selling, and market restriction (s. 77) - Civil competitor collaboration and non-competitor agreements (s. 90.1, as expanded December 15, 2024) - Merger notification obligations and substantive review (ss. 109–124, including repealed efficiency defence, rebuttable presumption, and elevated remedy standard) - Deceptive marketing practices: misleading advertising (s. 74.01), drip pricing (s. 74.01(1.1)), and greenwashing pre-substantiation obligations (Bill C-59) - Competition Bureau investigation and enforcement procedures (s. 11 orders, search and seizure, consent agreements, administrative monetary penalties) - Immunity and leniency programs (including the September 2024 "disclosure first" model) - Private rights of action (s. 36 civil damages; expanded Tribunal access effective June 20, 2025) - Investment Canada Act interaction for foreign-investor merger review **Does not cover:** - Provincial consumer protection statutes (note: Ontario CPA, ...

## Jurisdictions

Canada — Federal



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