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Competition Bureau Sues DoorDash and Canada’s Wonderland – “Drip Pricing” Continues to be a Top Deceptive Marketing Priority
On May 5, 2025 and June 2, 2025, Canada’s Competition Bureau (“Bureau”) announced that it was suing Canada’s Wonderland Company (“Wonderland”) and Door Dash Inc. and its subsidiary DoorDash Technologies Canada Inc. (“DoorDash”) for allegedly engaging in drip pricing in violation of the civil deceptive … Read the rest of this entry »
Canada’s Competition Bureau Issues Final Guidelines on Environmental Claims Under the Competition Act (Canada’s New “Green Guides”)
OVERVIEW OF JUNE 20, 2024 COMPETITION ACT AMENDMENTS On June 20, 2024, Bill C-59 was passed (the Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023), which introduced the third of three significant rounds of amendments to Canada’s federal Competition Act in two years (together with Bill C-19 and Bill C-56). For more information, see: Competition … Read the rest of this entry »
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 »
2024 Competition Act Amendments (Bill C-59): Advertisers Must Now Back Up Product and Business Related Environmental Performance Claims
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 »
Competition Bureau Sues Cineplex for Allegedly Misleading Upfront Ticket Prices (Drip Pricing)
On May 18, 2023, the Competition Bureau announced that it was suing Cineplex Inc. (Cineplex) for allegedly advertising misleading ticket prices (see: Competition Bureau sues Cineplex for allegedly advertising misleading ticket prices). The Bureau has alleged, in its civil application to the Competition Tribunal (Tribunal) … Read the rest of this entry »
New Competition Bureau Compliance Portal: Canadian Advertising/Marketing Law Compliance Guidance
In March 2023, Canada’s federal Competition Bureau (Bureau) launched a new competition law Compliance Portal (see: Consultation on new Compliance Portal). In making its announcement, the Bureau said that it launched its new Compliance Portal to help businesses stay on the right side of Canadian … Read the rest of this entry »
New Competition Bureau Guidance on Drip Pricing Advertising Claims
On April 17, 2023 the Competition Bureau (Bureau) published a new edition of its Deceptive Marketing Practices Digest (Volume 6) (Marketing Digest). The Bureau’s new Marketing Digest discusses three Canadian advertising/marketing related topics: the use of scarcity cues (i.e., claims that an offering has limited availability), … Read the rest of this entry »
