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Canadian competition and anti-combines laws since 1889 would go through several different iterations, starting with the Combines Investigation Act, 1910, which replaced the 1889 Anti-Combines Act, eventually leading to the Combines Investigation Act, 1923 and 1937.
Feb 6, 2006 · The statutory basis of federal competition policy is contained in the Competition Act and Competition Tribunal Act, which came into force on 19 June 1986, replacing the Combines Investigation Act, whose history can be traced to 1889.
Through a discussion of the various meanings of competition, the author then evaluates the Canadian policy and its shortcomings. The author concludes by examining legislative alternatives to existing anti-combines law, and by suggesting paths of improvement for Canadian anti-combines policy.
- Irving Brecher
- 1960
In particular, the author refutes three main critiques of the Anti-Combines Act: that it extended only to conduct already "unlawful" under the restraint of trade doctrine; that it criminalized only conduct already indictable under the crime of conspiracy; and that it was an
Charles Paul Hoffman, 2013 39-1 Queen's Law Journal 127, 2013 CanLIIDocs 679
The Competition Act and the Competition Tribunal Act literally rewrote the book on competition law in Canada, particularly with regard to merger control and the review of the activities of dominant firms.
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This is, indeed, a time of rapid change in Canadian competition law. The Bureau of Competition Policy has issued draft enforcement guidelines in respect of the predatory pricing and price discrimination provisions of the Competition Act, as well as merger enforcement guide-lines.
