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May 1889
- The first legislation in Canada dealing with competition was the Anti-Combines Act, introduced in May 1889 as the first antitrust statute in the industrial world, preceding the American Sherman Antitrust Act. The legislation prohibited conspiracies and agreements by businesses in restraint of trade.
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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.
On May 2, 1889, Canada’s 6th Parliament enacted the first antitrust statute in the industrial world: An Act for the Prevention and Suppression of Combinations Formed in Restraint of Trade, better known as the Anti-Combines Act.
While the first two categories form the core of modern competition law, nineteenth- and twentieth-century statutes have largely moved the third- formation of employee unions-into the distinct field of labour law.
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.
Jul 18, 2013 · In 1889, in response to growing concern about the role of cartels and other "combines" in the economy, the Canadian parliament passed the Anti-Combines Act, the world’s first modern competition statute.
- Charles Paul Hoffman
- 2013
Abstract. Professor Bliss suggests that the Canadian anti-trust tradition was much more similar to the British experience than to the policies adopted in the United States. At no time, he argues, did Canadian legislation significantly expand the common law prohibition of undue or unreasonable restraints of trade, and the few prosecutions after ...
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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.
