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Category Archives: Sectors – Cannabis
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 »
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 »
Canadian Competition Tribunal Releases Full Decision In $38.9 Million Cineplex Drip Pricing Case
On September 23, 2024, Canada’s Competition Bureau announced that the federal Competition Tribunal (Tribunal) had found that Cineplex Inc. (Cineplex), a Canadian theatre chain, had engaged in drip pricing by adding a mandatory and insufficiently disclosed $1.50 online booking fee for the online sale of movie … Read the rest of this entry »
Cineplex Inc. Ordered to Pay $38.9 Million By Canada’s Competition Tribunal for Drip Pricing
On September 23, 2024, Canada’s Competition Bureau announced that the federal Competition Tribunal had found that Cineplex Inc. (Cineplex), a Canadian theatre chain, had engaged in drip pricing by adding a mandatory and insufficiently disclosed $1.50 online booking fee (see: Competition Bureau wins deceptive marketing … 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 Drip Pricing Guidance
On May 15, 2024, the Canadian Competition Bureau issued new guidance on drip pricing under the federal Competition Act (see: The Ambush of Hidden Fees). In making the announcement, the Competition Bureau said: “Saving money can be challenging these days. Especially when you are buying … Read the rest of this entry »
Canadian Competition Bureau Issues New Competitive Intensity Report
On October 19, 2023, Canada’s Competition Bureau (Bureau) released a new study of competitive intensity in Canada between 2000 and 2020 (see: Competition Bureau report finds Canada’s competitive intensity in decline). In announcing its new study (Competition in Canada from 2000 to 2020: An Economy … Read the rest of this entry »
