Speeches
Bureau representatives deliver speeches on a wide range of topics related to the Bureau's mandate and priorities. Themes include, among other things, the Bureau's key enforcement and advocacy issues, competition policy and legislation, as well as international competition topics.
| Date | Topic Category | Title/Theme | Speaker/Presenter | Event/Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-26 May 26, 2022 | Bureau activities/news | Building a More Competitive Canada | Matthew Boswell, Commissioner of Competition | Centre for International Governance Innovation |
| 2021-10-20 October 20, 2021 | Bureau activities/news | Canada needs more competition | Matthew Boswell, Commissioner of Competition | CBA Competition Law Fall Conference |
| 2021-06-24 June 24, 2021 | Bureau activities/news | Closing remarks – ICPEN Conference 2021 | Josephine Palumbo, Deputy Commissioner, Deceptive Marketing Practices Directorate | Closing remarks — ICPEN Conference 2021 |
| 2021-04-29 April 29, 2021 | Bureau activities/news | Fostering inclusive growth through competition | Matthew Boswell, Commissioner of Competition | CBA Competition Law Spring Online Symposium |
| 2021-01-26 January 26, 2021 | Bureau activities/news | 2021 Vancouver Competition Policy Roundtable speech | Matthew Boswell, Commissioner of Competition | Vancouver Competition Policy Roundtable |
| 2020-12-03 December 3, 2020 | Bureau activities/news | Protecting Canadians during the pandemic and driving economic recovery | Matthew Boswell, Commissioner of Competition | Meeting of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (INDU) |
| 2020-11-30 November 30, 2020 | Bureau activities/news | Consumer Protection in Unpredictable Times: borderless challenges call for borderless solutions | Josephine Palumbo, Deputy Commissioner, Deceptive Marketing Practices Directorate | ICPEN 2020 Virtual Conference |
| 2020-11-25 November 25, 2020 | Bureau activities/news | Protecting Competition in Canada's Grocery Sector | Matthew Boswell, Commissioner of Competition | Grocery Innovations Canada 2020 - Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers |
| 2020-11-25 November 25, 2020 | Bureau activities/news | Opportunity in the Face of Challenge: A Competitiveness Agenda for Canada's Future | Matthew Boswell, Commissioner of Competition | Canadian Club Toronto |
| 2020-10-21 October 21, 2020 | Bureau activities/news | Supporting competition on the road to economic recovery | Matthew Boswell, Commissioner of Competition | CBA Competition Law Fall Online Symposium |
| 2020-05-28 May 28, 2020 | Bureau activities/news | Canada’s ICPEN presidency: Building consumer trust in a changing marketplace | Josephine Palumbo, Deputy Commissioner, Deceptive Marketing Practices Directorate | ICPEN 2020 Virtual Conference |
| 2020-02-18 February 18, 2020 | Bureau activities/news | Competition Bureau opening statement for the CRTC hearing on mobile wireless services | Matthew Boswell, Commissioner of Competition | CRTC hearing on mobile wireless services |
| 2020-01-22 January 22, 2020 | Bureau activities/news | Honest Advertising in the Digital Age | Josephine Palumbo, Deputy Commissioner, Deceptive Marketing Practices Directorate | Canadian Institute 26th Annual Advertising and Marketing Law Conference |
| 2019-11-26 November 26, 2019 | Big data | Building a Culture of Competition in Canada | Matthew Boswell, Commissioner of Competition | Big Data Toronto 2019 |
| 2019-06-13 June 13, 2019 | Big data | Competition in the Age of the Digital Giant | Anthony Durocher, Deputy Commissioner, Monopolistic Practices | Big Data Toronto 2019 |
| 2019-05-07 May 7, 2019 | Bureau activities/news | No River too Wide, No Mountain too High: Enforcing and Promoting Competition in the Digital Age | Matthew Boswell, Commissioner of Competition | Canadian Bar Association Competition Law Spring Conference 2019 |
| 2019-03-25 March 25, 2019 | International cooperation | International cooperation in competition law: views from above the 49th parallel | Matthew Boswell, Commissioner of Competition | Federal Trade Commission International Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century |
| 2019-03-01 March 1, 2019 | Fraud prevention | Vancouver Fraud Prevention Month Launch Event | Nicola Pfeifer, Senior Competition Law Officer | Launch event hosted in Vancouver by the Better Business Bureau of Mainland British Columbia |
| 2019-02-28 February 28, 2019 | Fraud prevention | Montreal Fraud Prevention Month launch event | Kata Rados, Assistant Deputy Commissioner | Launch event hosted in Montreal by Options consommateurs |
| 2018-10-08 October 8, 2018 | Competition policy | Advancing Competition in a Changing Marketplace | Matthew Boswell, Interim Commissioner of Competition | Federal Circuit Bar Association 2018 Global Series – Ottawa |
| 2018-09-27 September 27, 2018 | Bureau activities/news | Crossing challenging waters: a time of transition | Matthew Boswell, Interim Commissioner of Competition | Canadian Bar Association fall conference on competition law |
| 2018-05-10 May 10, 2018 | Bureau activities/news | Building antitrust with trust | John Pecman, Commissioner of Competition | Canadian Bar Association spring conference on competition law |
| 2018-04-27 April 27, 2018 | Competition policy | Populism, Public Interest and Competition | John Pecman, Commissioner of Competition | C.D. Howe Institute roundtable luncheon |
| 2018-01-18 January 18, 2018 | Competition policy | Growing the new economy: the integral relationship between competition and innovation | John Pecman, Commissioner of Competition | Vancouver Competition Policy Roundtable |
| 2017-11-07 November 7, 2017 | Procurement | Bid-rigging detection and prevention: ensuring a competitive and innovative procurement process | Matthew Boswell, Senior Deputy Commissioner of Competition | Canadian Public Procurement Council Forum 2017: Innovation in Public Procurement |
| 2017-10-21 October 21, 2017 | Procurement | Targeting bid-rigging to safeguard private and public sector procurement | John Pecman, Commissioner of Competition | Ontario General Contractors Association Board of Directors Meeting |
| 2017-10-04 October 4, 2017 | Procurement | Combatting cartels in public procurement: ICN Cartel Workshop | John Pecman, Commissioner of Competition | Annual International Competition Network Cartel Workshop |
| 2017-09-26 September 26, 2017 | Bureau activities/news | On innovation, efficiencies and immunity: the year ahead | Matthew Boswell, Senior Deputy Commissioner of Competition | Borden Ladner Gervais LLP |
| 2017-04-04 April 4, 2017 | Bureau activities/news | Promoting competition, innovation and growth in Saskatchewan and all of Canada | John Pecman, Commissioner of Competition | Saskatchewan Economic Summit, Saskatchewan Institute of the Conference Board of Canada |
| 2017-03-01 March 1, 2017 | Bureau activities/news | Studying FinTech: Competition and innovation in the financial services sector | John Pecman, Commissioner of Competition | Annual Forum on Payments Compliance in Canada |
| 2017-02-21 February 21, 2017 | Bureau activities/news | FinTech: The Innovation Agenda and role of government | John Pecman, Commissioner of Competition | FinTech workshop: Driving competition and innovation in the financial services sector |
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