Submissions and studies
The Competition Bureau assumes an advocacy role by actively promoting competition in the marketplace. These activities include making interventions and representations before federal and provincial boards, commissions and tribunals, and encouraging and facilitating voluntary compliance with the Act.
Office, Agency, Commission or Tribunal
2021
- May 26, 2021
Submission to the OECD’s Competition Committee on regulation and competition - May 20, 2021
Submission to the OECD’s Competition Committee on potential competition - May 5, 2021
Submission to the OECD’s Competition Committee on compliance programs - January 27, 2021
Letter to the Prince Edward Island Premier’s Council for Recovery and Growth - January 18, 2021
Competition Bureau comments to the Advisory Committee on Open Banking
2020
- November 27, 2020
CRTC review of the approach to rate setting for wholesale telecommunications services: Competition Bureau reply to interventions - November 9, 2020
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Global Forum on Competition – "Economic Analysis in Merger Investigations" - October 30, 2020
Submission to the OECD's Competition Committee on the role of competition policy in promoting economic recovery - October 1, 2020
Submission by the Commissioner of Competition to Bank of Canada Consultation: Renewing Canada's Monetary Policy Framework - August 28, 2020
Empowering Small and Medium Enterprises through Pro-Competitive Policies - August 13, 2020
Intervention to the CRTC on the approach to rate setting for wholesale telecommunications services - July 23, 2020
Submission by the Commissioner of Competition to the Government of Ontario – Digital Health Interoperability - July 15, 2020
Submission to the Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2019-57 - Final Comments of the Competition Bureau - July 14, 2020
Letter to the Ontario Minister of Government and Consumer Services advocating for increased disclosure in rental appliance contracts - June 15, 2020
Summary of the brief presented to the Office of Consumer Protection on the durability and reparability of goods - June 12, 2020
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Commission - May 25, 2020
Turning the tide: the role of competitive markets in Canada’s economic recovery
2019
- December 4, 2019
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Global Forum on Competition - Competition Provisions in Trade Agreements - December 2, 2019
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Working Party No. 3 Roundtable on “Access to the Case File and Protection of Confidential Information” - November 29, 2019
Submission to the Government of Ontario on Ontario's Data Strategy - November 25, 2019
Submission to the Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2019-57 — Further Comments of the Competition Bureau - October 15, 2019
Intervention to the CRTC on device financing plans - June 7, 2019
Competition Bureau Submission to OECD: Digital Disruptions in Financial Markets - June 7, 2019
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable on “Licensing issues in IP Rights and Competition Law” - June 7, 2019
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable on "Vertical Mergers in the Technology, and Media and Telecom Sector" - May 15, 2019
Review of Mobile Wireless Services - Comments of the Competition Bureau on Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2019-57 - May 3, 2019
Letter to the British Columbia Minister of Environment Pursuant to Section 126 of the Competition Act - February 11, 2019
Submission by the Interim Commissioner of Competition to the Department of Finance Canada – Review into the merits of open banking - February 1, 2019
Submission Regarding Transportation Network Service Regulations in British Columbia - January 28, 2019
Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2018-422 | Proceeding to establish a mandatory code for Internet services | Competition Bureau reply to interventions - January 11, 2019
Submission to the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel
2018
- December 20, 2018
Submission by the Interim Commissioner of Competition — Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2018-422 — Proceeding to establish a mandatory code for Internet services - November 5, 2018
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD on Excessive Pricing in Pharmaceuticals - August 30, 2018
Submission by the Interim Commissioner of Competition — Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2018-246 — Retail Sales Practices of Canada’s Large Telecommunications Carriers - July 30, 2018
Competition in Residential Real Estate Brokerage Workshop — Comments from the Competition Bureau of Canada - July 24, 2018
Submission by the Commissioner of Competition to the Department of Finance Canada — Review of the Canadian Payments Act - June 13, 2018
Submission by the Interim Commissioner of Competition before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission—Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2018-98—Lower-Cost Data-Only Plans for Mobile Wireless Devices - June 4, 2018
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable on “Non-Price Effects of Mergers” - June 4, 2018
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable on “Challenges and co-ordination of leniency programmes” - June 4, 2018
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable on taxis, ride-sourcing and ride-sharing services - May 18, 2018
Submission by the Commissioner of Competition to the Department of Finance Canada - April 10, 2018
Submission by the Commissioner of Competition to the British Columbia Securities Commission - February 23, 2018
Submission by the Commissioner of Competition to Payments Canada: Modernization Target State
2017
- November 23, 2017
Competition Bureau submission to the OECD Competition Committee Working Party No 2 on Competition and Regulation - October 12, 2017
Submission by the Commissioner of Competition before the Department of Finance Canada - Potential Policy Measures to Support a Strong and Growing Economy: Positioning Canada’s Financial Sector for the Future - October 12, 2017
Submission by the Commissioner of Competition to the Department of Finance Consultation: A New Retail Payments Oversight Framework - May 4, 2017
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable on Methodologies for Conducting Market Studies
2016
- December 2, 2016
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Global Forum on Competition Roundtable on Independence of Competition Authorities: From Designs to Practices - November 15, 2016
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable on Agency Decision‑making in Merger Cases: Prohibition and Conditional Clearances - October 19, 2016
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Global Forum on Competition Roundtable on Sanctions in Antitrust Cases - June 29, 2016
Competition Bureau Intervention Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2016‑192 - June 14, 2016
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable on Fidelity Rebates - June 14, 2016
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable on Public Interest Considerations in Merger Control - May 19, 2016
Technology‑led Innovation and Emerging Services in the Canadian Financial Services Sector
2015
- November 26, 2015
Modernizing Regulation in The Canadian Taxi Industry - October 30, 2015
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Global Forum on Competition Roundtable on Serial Offenders: A Discussion on Why Some Industries Seem Prone to Endemic Collusion - June 19, 2015
Submission by the Commissioner of Competition Before the Department of Finance Canada - June 10, 2015
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Committee hearing on "Approaches to issues in Oligopoly Markets" - June 10, 2015
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable on the Relationship between Public and Private Antitrust Enforcement - May 4, 2015
Submission by the Commissioner of Competition Before the Canadian Radio‑television and Telecommunications Commission — Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2015‑97 — Call for comments on a Wholesale Code - April 27, 2015
Submission by the Commissioner of Competition Before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission — Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2015-87 — Call for comments on proposed amendments to the exemption order for video-on-demand undertakings and to the standard conditions of licence for video-on-demand undertakings - February 27, 2015
Submission to the Canada Transportation Act Review Panel
2014
- November 27, 2014
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable on the Use of Markers in Leniency Programs - October 20, 2014
Submission by the Commissioner of Competition Before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission — Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2014-76 — Review of wholesale mobile wireless services - September 23, 2014
Patent Litigation Settlement Agreements: A Canadian Perspective - September 15, 2014
Economic Analysis of Retail Mergers at the Competition Bureau - August 20, 2014
Submission by the Commissioner of Competition Before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission — Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2014-76 — Review of wholesale mobile wireless services - June 27, 2014
Submission by the Commissioner of Competition Before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission — Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2014-190 Let’s Talk TV - June 27, 2014
Submission by the Commissioner of Competition Before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission — Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2013-551 — Review of wholesale services and associated policies - June 16, 2014
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable on Airline Competition - May 15, 2014
Submission by the Commissioner of Competition Before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission — Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2014-76 — Review of wholesale mobile wireless services - February 28, 2014
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable on Competition Issues in the Distribution of Pharmaceuticals - February 27, 2014
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable on Fighting Corruption and Promoting Competition - February 25, 2014
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable on Investigation of Consummated and Non-Notifiable Mergers - February 18, 2014
Submission by the Commissioner of Competition Provided to the City of Toronto Taxicab Industry Review
The Competition Bureau ("Bureau") is pleased to provide this submission to the City of Toronto as part of its Taxicab Industry Review ("2013 Taxi Review"). - February 10, 2014
Reply of the Commissioner of Competition Before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2013-685
Wholesale mobile wireless roaming in Canada — Unjust discrimination/undue preference - January 31, 2014
Submission by the Commissioner of Competition Before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission — Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2013-551 — Review of wholesale services and associated policies - January 29, 2014
Submission by the Commissioner of Competition Before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission — Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2013-685 — Wholesale mobile wireless roaming in Canada — Unjust discrimination/undue preference
2013
- December 5, 2013
Letter to the Alberta College of Pharmacists - November 21, 2013
Competition Law in a Global and Innovative Economy — A Canadian Perspective - October 30, 2013
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable on Ex Officio Cartel Investigations and the Use of Screens to Detect Cartels - October 29, 2013
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable on Remedies in Cross-Border Merger Cases - October 28, 2013
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable on Competition Issues in Waste Management - June 20, 2013
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable on Competition in Road Fuel - June 19, 2013
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable on The Role and Measurement of Quality in Competition Analysis - June 18, 2013
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable on Definition of Transaction for the Purpose of Merger Control Review - February 27, 2013
Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable on Vertical Restraints for On-Line Sales - February 6, 2013
Submission by the Commissioner of Competition — Competition Bureau Provides Comments on Wireless Code of Conduct
2008
The views of the Competition Bureau with regard to issues affecting the current state of competition in Ontario between optometrists (regulated by the College of Optometrists of Ontario) and opticians (regulated by the College of Opticians of Ontario).
Submission to Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Council
- June 3, 2008
Interprofessional Collaboration — Comments on Discussion Guide Questions 1, 2, 32 and 33
Letter to Ontario Minister of the Environment on the proposed Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Plan
- May 5, 2008
Comment Regarding Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Plan EBR Registry Number 010-3125
Bureau comments on Manitoba's new regulation on dental hygiene
- April 23,2008
Comments on Dental Hygienists Regulation
Submission to the Competition Policy Review Panel
- January 11, 2008
Submission to the Competition Policy Review Panel
2007
- May 25, 2007
Comments Received on Gazette Notice DGTP-002-07
Telecom Public Notice CRTC 2006-14 — Framework for regulation of wholesale services and definition of essential service
- Response to interrogatories
- March 15, 2007
Evidence of the Commissioner of Competition — March 15, 2007 - April 12, 2007
Interrogatories of the Commissioner of Competition
Proposed Order to Vary Telecom Decision CRTC 2006-15 — Forbearance from the regulation of retail local exchange services
- January 12, 2007
Comments of the Commissioner of Competition
The Competition Bureau has published the letter it sent to the Paralegal Standing Committee (Ontario) regarding paralegal regulation by the Law Society of Upper Canada.
- January 25, 2007
Letterto the Paralegal Standing Committee
Letter sent to Ontario regarding proposed changes to legislation and regulations governing dental hygienists.
- January 18, 2007
Reform of Dental Hygiene Legislation
* For other letters please refer to 2006 for Alberta and New Brunswick, and 2005 for Nova Scotia
- December 6, 2007
Dental Industry Association of Canada
2006
- March 15, 2006
Submission of the Commissioner of Competition - March 21, 2006
Executive Summary
Letters sent to Alberta and New Brunswick regarding proposed changes to legislation and regulations governing dental hygienists.
- January 19, 2006
Health Professions Act: Dental Hygienists - January 27, 2006
Dental Hygiene Act, 2005
* For other letters please refer to 2007 for Ontario, and 2005 for Nova Scotia
2005
Comments of the Commissioner of Competition — Telecommunications Policy Review
- August 15, 2005
Telecommunications Policy Review Panel
Telecom Public Notice CRTC 2005-2 — Forbearance from Regulation of Local Exchange Services
- June 22, 2005
Submission of the Commissioner of Competition - June 22, 2005
Executive Summary
Letter sent to Nova Scotia regarding proposed changes to legislation and regulations governing dental hygienists.
- December 22, 2005
Dental Hygienists' Act – An Act Respecting the Regulation of the Profession of Dental Hygiene
* For other letters please refer to 2007 for Ontario, and 2006 for Ontario and New Brunswick
2003
- February 27, 2003
Interventions – Canadian Radio-television and Communications Commission - February 12, 2003
Interventions – Canadian International Trade Tribunal
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