The Commissioner

Sheridan Scott
Commissioner of Competition

Biography

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Sheridan Scott is Canada's Commissioner of Competition, the head of the Competition Bureau.

The Commissioner is responsible for the administration and enforcement of the Competition Act and three labelling statutes, the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act, the Precious Metals Marking Act and the Textile Labelling Act.

Under the Competition Act, the Commissioner can launch inquiries, intervene as a competition advocate before federal and provincial bodies, challenge civil and merger matters before the Competition Tribunal and make recommendations on criminal matters to the Attorney General of Canada.

As head of the Canadian Competition Bureau, Sheridan Scott leads the Bureau's participation in international fora such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the International Competition Network (ICN) to develop and promote coordinated competition laws and policies in an increasingly globalized marketplace. Commissioner Scott has been elected Chair of the ICN Steering Group and assumed this leadership role in February 2007.

Before joining the Competition Bureau in January 2004, Ms. Scott was Chief Regulatory Officer of Bell Canada. She was responsible for overseeing all activities involving the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), the Copyright Board and the Competition Bureau on behalf of Bell Canada, Bell Mobility and Bell ExpressVu. Ms. Scott previously served as Vice-president – Office of the President and Vice-president, Multimedia Law and Regulation at Bell Canada.

From 1992 to 1994, Ms. Scott worked as Assistant Vice-president, Planning and Corporate Development and Vice-president of Planning and Regulatory Affairs at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. She was responsible for affiliate relations, regulatory matters, resource planning and audience research.

From 1983 to 1992, she worked as Legal Counsel and Senior Legal Counsel at the CRTC, where she was involved in major hearings on long distance competition, the regulation of cable rates and the renewal of pay and specialty licences. She was a part-time law professor at the University of Ottawa in 1990-1991 and at Carleton University in 1991-1992.

Ms. Scott is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada. She obtained a law degree from the University of Victoria in 1981, after which she served as Law Clerk to the Chief Justice of Canada, the Right Honourable Bora Laskin.

Ms. Scott is involved in a number of professional and community organizations such as Opera Lyra Ottawa, the Leadership Giving Committee of the United Way, the Industry Canada Charitable Campaign and Canadian Women in Communications.

The Women’s Executive Network (WXN) named Ms. Scott one of Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women in the Trailblazer category in 2005. She also received a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2005 from the University of Victoria, where an entrance scholarship has been established in her name.