Category Archives: Competition Bureau

February 23, 2012

Events: March 2012 – Fraud Prevention Month

March 2012 will be Fraud Prevention Month.  The Competition Bureau will be holding a series of three upcoming panel discussions on the topic of online and mobile mass marketing fraud, including an upcoming event at Concordia University: “Canada’s Competition Bureau is holding a series of … Read the rest of this entry »

February 22, 2012

Canada’s New Anti-spam Legislation: An Overview – Part 3

CANADIAN CASL (ANTI-SPAM LAW) PRECEDENTS Do you need a precedent or checklist to comply with CASL (Canadian anti-spam law)? We offer Canadian anti-spam law (CASL) precedents and checklists to help electronic marketers comply with CASL.  These include checklists and precedents for express consent requests (including … Read the rest of this entry »

February 18, 2012

Telemarketing Update: “Montreal Telemarketers in Fraud Case Still Making Calls”

The CBC reported last week that a Montreal-based telemarketing company, which has been accused of defrauding thousands of small businesses in relation to an alleged invoice scheme for never ordered office supplies, is still making calls (see: Montreal Telemarketers in Fraud Case Still Making Calls). … Read the rest of this entry »

February 10, 2012

Recent Misleading Advertising Penalties and Developments – Is Your Compliance Team Up-to-date?

The Competition Bureau (the “Bureau”) and other Canadian regulatory authorities have markedly increased their enforcement of misleading advertising in the past several years.  The following is a brief summary of some of the penalties imposed (or agreed to pursuant to settlement agreements) in Canadian advertising … Read the rest of this entry »

February 9, 2012

Air Canada Announces “All-in Price” for Airfares – Highlights Market and Regulatory Trends to Advertise the Price, the Complete Price and Nothing But the Complete Price

It seems that a lot of time recently has been spent debating whether the price of products should be fully disclosed in advertising (and that many cases and regulatory announcements have turned on this apparently, but perhaps not so, simple question). For example, last year … Read the rest of this entry »

February 2, 2012

Advertising Update: Is the Price Right? Increased Regulatory Scrutiny and Class Actions for Representations Involving Price

I saw this rather fine note recently by Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP (Anita Banicevic, Erika Douglas and David Stolow).  We are reprinting it with permission. Is the Price Right?  Increased Regulatory Scrutiny and Class Actions for Representations Involving Price Businesses operating in Canada should … Read the rest of this entry »

January 28, 2012

Advertising Update: Rogers Makes Constitutional Arguments in Response to Performance Claims Challenge by Competition Bureau

The Vancouver Sun, Montreal Gazette, Huffington Post and others have reported that Rogers has launched constitutional arguments in response to allegations by the federal Competition Bureau that it misled consumers with performance claims in relation to its Chatr cell phone brand. In particular, according to … Read the rest of this entry »

January 25, 2012

Conferences: Canadian Bar Association – National Competition Law Section – Competition Law Spring Forum

The National Competition Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association will holding its annual Competition Law Spring Forum on May 2, 2012 in Toronto at the Toronto Board of Trade. From the CBA: “Aided by the 2009/10 changes to the Competition Act, the Canadian Competition … Read the rest of this entry »