Announcements

To view Bureau announcements before 2007, please visit our Archives section.

2011

November

• November 22, 2011
  Competition Bureau Exposes Sewer Services Cartel in Quebec

October

• October 6, 2011
  Competition Bureau Issues Final Merger Enforcement Guidelines
• October 5, 2011
  Competition Bureau Statement Regarding Canadian Tire's Acquisition of The Forzani Group

September

• September 22, 2011
  Criminal Charges Laid in a Competition Bureau Telemarketing Case
• September 22, 2011
  Competition Bureau Requires Maker of Nivea to Correct Inaccurate Public Statements Related to Nivea Consent Agreement
• September 7, 2011
  Competition Bureau Requires Maker of Nivea to Reimburse Customers for Misleading Claims
• September 2, 2011
  Competition Bureau Releases Ex-Post Assessment of the Self-Regulated Professions Study

August

• August 30, 2011
  Five Alberta Individuals Sentenced in Deceptive Telemarketing Scheme
• August 11, 2011
  Competition Bureau Releases Merger Remedies Study Summary
• August 8, 2011
  Competition Bureau Updates Guidance on Merger Review "No Action" Letters

July

• July 28, 2011
  Competition Bureau Sues to Shut Down Business Directory Scam
• July 19, 2011
  Guilty Plea and $425,000 fine for Bid-rigging in Montreal

June

• June 28, 2011
  Competition Bureau Reaches Agreement with Bell Canada Requiring Bell to Pay $10 Million for Misleading Advertising
• June 27, 2011
  Competition Bureau Issues Draft Revised Merger Enforcement Guidelines for Comment
• June 27, 2011
  Competition Bureau Seeks to Block Joint Venture between Air Canada and United Continental
• June 10, 2011
  Two Individuals Plead Guilty in Quebec Gasoline Price-Fixing Cartel

May

• May 30, 2011
  Individual Fined in Quebec Gasoline Price-Fixing Cartel
• May 27, 2011
  Competition Bureau Sues Canada's Largest Real Estate Board for Denying Services Over the Internet
• May 18, 2011
  Competition Bureau Updates Fee and Service Standards Handbook for Written Opinions
• May 6, 2011
  Competition Bureau Exposes Customer Allocation Conspiracy

March

• March 15, 2011
  Advertising on Social Networking Sites
• March 10, 2011
  Competition Bureau Approves Divestitures in Novartis Acquisition of Alcon
• March 1, 2011
  Fraud Prevention Month to Focus on Online Fraud

February

• February 25, 2011
  Bureau Announces Plans to Revise the Merger Enforcement Guidelines
• February 23, 2011
  Competition Bureau Statement Regarding Merger of XM Canada and Sirius Canada
• February 1, 2011
  2011 Pre-Merger Notification Transaction-Size Threshold
• February 1, 2011
  Competition Bureau Statement Regarding BCE's Acquisition of CTV

January

• January 31, 2011
  Alberta Man Arrested for Breach of Consent Agreement
• January 26, 2011
  Competition Bureau Challenges BC Landfill Merger
• January 17, 2011
  Spa Retailers Required to Stop Making False ENERGY STAR Claims
• January 12, 2011
  Matthew Boswell Appointed Associate Deputy Commissioner of Criminal Matters