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Category Archives: Performance Claims
Canada’s Competition Bureau Issues New Guidance for Developing Competition Law Compliance Programs
On August 14, 2025, Canada’s federal Competition Bureau (Bureau) announced that it had issued new guidance for companies and others to develop competition law compliance programs (see: “Develop a compliance program for your business in 10 easy steps!”). In general, the Bureau has published on … Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded Private Access to the Competition Tribunal Now in Force for Deceptive Marketing and Civil Agreements Under the Competition Act
OVERVIEW OF JUNE 2024 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 Act Amendments. The … 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 »
Significant Proposed Deceptive Marketing Law Amendments to the Competition Act Under Bill C-59
RECENT AND PROPOSED COMPETITION ACT AMENDMENTS (BILLS C-56 AND C-59) On December 15, 2023, Bill C-56 (An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act), which introduced the first of two new significant rounds of amendments to the federal Competition Act, largely came into force. … 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 »
