The Competition Bureau advocates for competition by making submissions to regulators and policy-makers on how to reduce barriers to competition. These regulators include federal and provincial boards, commissions, and tribunals, as well as international organizations.
The table below lists all submissions since 2015.
| Date | Topic | Title | Recipient/Regulator | Hidden Search Terms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-03 August 3, 2023 | Health care | Comments on improving access to drugs and other health products in Canada | Health Canada | Health Canada, drugs, health products, Digital Health Care Market, Health Products and Food Branch of Health Canada, public health care, out-of-pocket payments |
| 2023-06-22 June 22, 2023 | Telecommunications | Intervention to the CRTC on the Review of the wholesale high-speed access service framework | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission | CRTC, Intervention, television, high-speed access, framework, review |
| 2023-05-30 May 30, 2023 | Pet care | Comments on the Modernization of the Regulation of the Veterinary Profession | Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs | Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinarians of Ontario, veterinary profession, pet medication, pet care, pet insurance |
| 2023-03-15 March 15, 2023 | Competition enforcement | The Future of Competition Policy in Canada | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | notification rules, collaborations, deceptive marketing, enforcement |
| 2023-03-08 March 8, 2023 | Competition enforcement | Competition Bureau comments on the modernization of the Weights and Measures Act and the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act | Measurement Canada | visioning paper, consultation, Weights and Measures Act and Gas Inspection Act, high inflation, smaller businesses, new technologies, administrative monetary penalties, policies |
| 2023-03-02 March 2, 2023 | Competition enforcement | Letter to the Minister of Transport: Assessment of the adequacy of proposed undertakings as required by subsection 53.2(6) of the Canada Transportation Act regarding the proposed acquisition of Sunwing by WestJet | Transport Canada | Sunwing Vacations, Sunwing Airlines, WestJet Airlines, Merger, travel, airline, behavioural measures |
| 2022-12-01 December 1, 2022 | Cartels | Submission for OECD Roundtable on Director Disqualification and Bidder Exclusion | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | director disqualification, bidder exclusion, debarment mechanisms, Prohibition Orders, OECD |
| 2022-12-01 December 1, 2022 | Cartels | Canadian Data Screening Tools in Competition Investigations | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | Jordon Tomblin, Stephanie Assad, screening algorithms, Competition Investigations, OECD |
| 2022-06-29 June 29, 2022 | Competition enforcement | Submission to the OECD’s Competition Committee on integrating consumer behaviour insights in competition enforcement | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | competition policy, economic recovery, OECD, competition enforcement |
| 2022-02-08 February 8, 2022 | Competition policy | Examining the Canadian Competition Act in the Digital Era | Senator Howard Wetston | Digital Era, merger review, competitive threats, abuse of dominance |
| 2021-12-15 December 15, 2021 | Health care | Letter to Ontario Ministry of Health on proposed regulation to enable s.52 (1.1) of the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 by providing a prescribed digital format that would enable the right to access a record of personal health information in an electronic format | Ontario Ministry of Health | Health Information, Protection Act, proposed amendments, electronic format, personal health information, technology, innovation |
| 2021-11-19 November 19, 2021 | Cannabis retail | Letter to the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General on proposed legislative amendments to the Cannabis Licence Act, 2018 (CLA), Cannabis Control Act, 2017 (CCA) and the Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation Act, 2017 (OCRCA) | Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General | |
| 2021-11-03 November 3, 2021 | Value-retention processes | Competition Bureau submission to the consultation on the socio-economic and environmental study on remanufacturing and other value-retention processes in Canada | Environment and Climate Change Canada | |
| 2021-09-28 September 28, 2021 | Copyright and artificial intelligence | Competition Bureau Submission to the Consultation on a Modern Copyright Framework for Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things | Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada | |
| 2021-01-27 January 27, 2021 | Competition and growth | Letter to the Prince Edward Island Premier's Council for Recovery and Growth | Prince Edward Island Premier's Council | Prince Edward Island Premier's Council, Economic recovery and growth, Letter |
| 2021-01-18 January 18, 2021 | Finance | Competition Bureau comments to the Advisory Committee on Open Banking | Advisory Committee on Open Banking | Advisory Committee on Open Banking, Open Banking, promoting competition, Canadian financial services industry |
| 2020-11-27 November 27, 2020 | Telecommunications | CRTC review of the approach to rate setting for wholesale telecommunications services: Competition Bureau reply to interventions | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, CRTC, competitive marketplace, rate setting, wholesale telecommunications, Bell Canada, Bell, Shaw Communications Inc., Shaw |
| 2020-11-09 November 9, 2020 | Mergers | Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Global Forum on Competition — "Economic Analysis in Merger Investigations" | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | competition policy, Economic Analysis, Merger Investigations, OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| 2020-10-30 October 30, 2020 | Competition and growth | Submission to the OECD's Competition Committee on the role of competition policy in promoting economic recovery | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | competition policy, economic recovery, OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| 2020-10-01 October 1, 2020 | Finance | Submission by the Commissioner of Competition to Bank of Canada Consultation: Renewing Canada's Monetary Policy Framework | Bank of Canada | Bank of Canada, Monetary Policy Framework, economic growth, lower prices, greater choice |
| 2020-08-28 August 28, 2020 | Competition and growth | Empowering Small and Medium Enterprises through Pro-Competitive Policies | Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs | Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, Empowering Small and Medium Enterprises, Pro-Competitive Policies |
| 2020-08-13 August 13, 2020 | Telecommunications | Intervention to the CRTC on the approach to rate setting for wholesale telecommunications services | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, CRTC, competitive marketplace, rate setting, wholesale telecommunications |
| 2020-07-23 July 23, 2020 | Health care | Submission by the Commissioner of Competition to the Government of Ontario — Digital Health Interoperability | Government of Ontario | Government of Ontario, Digital Health Interoperability, Health Care, Digital Health Care, |
| 2020-07-15 July 15, 2020 | Telecommunications | Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2019-57 — Final Comments of the Competition Bureau | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, CRTC, Canada's wireless sector, wireless networks, affordable, Mobile Virtual Network Operator, MVNO |
| 2020-07-14 July 14, 2020 | Rental appliance contracts | Letter to the Ontario Minister of Government and Consumer Services advocating for increased disclosure in rental appliance contracts | Government of Ontario | Government of Ontario, rental appliance contracts, rental appliance, Ministry of Government and Consumer Services, MGCS |
| 2020-06-15 June 15, 2020 | Durability and reparability of goods | Summary of the brief presented to the Office of Consumer Protection on the durability and reparability of goods | Quebec Office of Consumer Protection | Office of Consumer Protection, durability and reparability of goods, Government of Quebec's public consultation, Competition Act, Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act, Textile Labelling Act, Precious Metals Marking Act |
| 2020-06-12 June 12, 2020 | Consumer data | Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Commission | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD, Consumer Data Rights, Consumer Rights, Data, Competition, |
| 2020-05-25 May 25, 2020 | Competition and growth | Turning the tide: the role of competitive markets in Canada’s economic recovery | Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (INDU) | Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, INDU, competitive markets, economic recovery, |
| 2019-12-04 December 4, 2019 | International trade | Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Global Forum on Competition - Competition Provisions in Trade Agreements | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD, Global Forum on Competition, anti-competitive conduct, Competition Provisions, Trade Agreements |
| 2019-12-02 December 2, 2019 | Protection of confidential information | Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Working Party No. 3 Roundtable on "Access to the Case File and Protection of Confidential Information" | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD, Section 10, Section 29, Information Sharing, Civil Enforcement Matters, Criminal Enforcement Matters |
| 2019-11-29 November 29, 2019 | Consumer data | Submission to the Government of Ontario on Ontario's Data Strategy | Government of Ontario | Government of Ontario, data, data portability, shared data standards, Ontario's Data Strategy |
| 2019-11-25 November 25, 2019 | Telecommunications | Executive summary of the Bureau's submission to the CRTC on mobile wireless services | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, CRTC, Telecom Notice of Consultation, 2019-57, Wireless, Wireless Services, Wireless Competition, Bell, Telus, Rogers, the Big 3 |
| 2019-11-25 November 25, 2019 | Telecommunications | Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2019-57 — Further Comments of the Competition Bureau | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, CRTC, Telecom Notice of Consultation, 2019-57, Wireless, Wireless Services, Wireless Competition, Bell, Telus, Rogers, the Big 3 |
| 2019-10-15 October 15, 2019 | Telecommunications | Intervention to the CRTC on device financing plans | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, CRTC, device financing plans, Canadian Wireless Industry, Competition Act, Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2019-309, |
| 2019-06-07June 7, 2019 | Finance | Competition Bureau Submission to OECD: Digital Disruptions in Financial Markets | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | FinTech, technology, banking, securities |
| 2019-06-07June 7, 2019 | Intellectual property | Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable on “Licensing issues in IP Rights and Competition Law” | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | patents, trademarks, copyrights |
| 2019-06-07June 7, 2019 | Mergers | Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable on "Vertical Mergers in the Technology, and Media and Telecom Sector" | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | supply chain, foreclosure, anticompetitive |
| 2019-05-15May 15, 2019 | Telecommunications | Review of Mobile Wireless Services | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) | competition, regional, mvno |
| 2019-05-03May 3, 2019 | Waste management | Letter to the British Columbia Minister of Environment Pursuant to Section 126 of the Competition Act | Government of British Columbia | Vancouver, generator levy, bylaw |
| 2019-02-11February 11, 2019 | Finance | Submission to Finance Canada: Open banking | Finance Canada | data portability, interoperability, banking |
| 2019-02-01February 1, 2019 | Transportation | Submission: Transportation Network Service Regulations in British Columbia | British Columbia’s Standing Committee on Crown Corporations | taxi, ride-sharing, free entry |
| 2019-01-28January 28, 2019 | Telecommunications | Submission to CRTC consultation 2018-422: Reply to interventions | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) | service provider, contract, critical information summary |
| 2019-01-11January 11, 2019 | Telecommunications | Submission to the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel | Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel | service provider, contract, critical information summary |
| 2018-12-28December 20, 2018 | Telecommunications | Submission to CRTC consultation 2018-422: Mandatory code for Internet services | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) | switching, internet, contract |
| 2018-11-05November 5, 2018 | Pharmaceuticals | Competition Bureau Submission to the OECD on Excessive Pricing in Pharmaceuticals | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | patent, medicine, generic |
| 2018-09-10September 10, 2018 | Telecommunications | Lower-Cost Data-Only Plans for Mobile Wireless Devices (CRTC 2018-98): Bureau Responses to Requests for Information | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) | price ceilings, capacity floors, price controls |
| 2018-08-30August 30, 2018 | Telecommunications | Submission to CRTC consultation 2018-246: Retail Sales Practices of Large Telecommunications Carriers | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) | hidden fees, quality, deceptive |
| 2018-07-30July 30, 2018 | Real Estate | Submission to FTC and DOJ: Residential real estate brokerage | United States Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice | mls, agent, mere posting |
| 2018-07-24July 24, 2018 | Finance | Submission to Finance Canada: Review of the Canadian Payments Act | Finance Canada | retail payment, real-time rail, core payment systems |
| 2018-07-26July 26, 2018 | Eyewear | Bringing competition into focus | online, prescription, corrective | |
| 2018-06-13June 13, 2018 | Telecommunications | Submission to CRTC consultation 2018-98: Lower-cost data-only plans for mobile wireless devices | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) | price ceilings, capacity floors, price controls |
| 2018-06-04June 4, 2018 | Immunity/Leniency | Submission to OECD: Leniency programs | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | incentives, immunity, prosecution |
| 2018-06-04June 4, 2018 | Mergers | Submission to OECD: Non-price effects of mergers | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | quality, service, innovation |
| 2018-06-04June 4, 2018 | Transportation | Submission to OECD: Taxis, ride-sourcing and ride-sharing services | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | prices, demand, vehicles |
| 2018-05-18May 18, 2018 | Finance | Submission to Finance Canada: Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing Regime | Finance Canada | crime, proceeds, transactions |
| 2018-04-10April 10, 2018 | Finance | Submission to BC Securities Commission: Securities law framework for Fintech Regulation | British Columbia Securities Commission | online lending, crowdfunding, equity |
| 2018-02-23February 23, 2018 | Finance | Submission to Payments Canada: Modernization target state | Payments Canada | access, oversight, clearing agent |
| 2017-11-23November 23, 2017 | Finance | Submission to OECD: Financial technology | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | recommendations, technology, collaboration |
| 2017-10-12October 12, 2107 | Finance | Submission to Finance Canada: Retail Payments Oversight Framework | Finance Canada | innovation, clearing, settlement |
| 2017-10-12October 12, 2107 | Finance | Submission to Finance Canada: Financial sector | Finance Canada | innovation, service providers, transactions |
| 2017-07-18July 18, 2017 | Restaurants and mobile food | Promoting Fair Competition in the Restaurant and Mobile Food Industry | food truck, municipalities, proximity | |
| 2017-07-12July 12, 2017 | Industry collaboration | Innovation Superclusters Initiative and the Competition Act | collaboration, private-sector, technology | |
| 2017-05-04May 4, 2017 | Market studies | Submission to OECD: Methodologies for market studies | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | insights, advocacy, research |
| 2017-03-07March 7, 2017 | Health care | Competition and the Common Cold | registered nurses, regulations, independent | |
| 2016-12-02December 2, 2016 | Competition policy | Submission to OECD: Independence of competition authorities | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | credibility, accountability, transparency |
| 2016-11-15November 15, 2016 | Mergers | Submission to OECD: Decision-making in merger cases | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | consent agreements, anticompetitive, remedial |
| 2016-10-19October 19, 2016 | Abuse of dominance | Submission to OECD: Sanctions in antitrust cases | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | criminal, civil, infractions |
| 2016-10-04October 4, 2016 | Health care | Advertising Restrictions | health care, assessment, price | |
| 2016-06-29June 29, 2016 | Telecommunications | Submission to CRTC consultation 2016-192: Differential pricing by Internet service provider | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) | discounting, affiliations, zerorating |
| 2016-06-14June 14, 2016 | Loyalty programs | Submission to OECD: Fidelity rebates | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | price competition, efficiency, interbrand |
| 2016-06-14June 14, 2016 | Mergers | Submission to OECD: Public interest considerations in merger control | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | efficiencies defence, benefit, public policy |
| 2015-11-26November 26, 2015 | Taxi industry | Modernizing Regulation in the Canadian taxi industry | ride-sharing, regulations, technology | |
| 2015-10-30October 30, 2015 | Collusion | Submission to OECD: Endemic collusion | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | construction, cartel, bid-rigging |
| 2015-06-19June 19, 2015 | Finance | Submission to Finance Canada: Oversight of national payment systems | Finance Canada | Interac, credit card, fees |
| 2015-06-10June 10, 2015 | Abuse of dominance | Submission to OECD: Oligopoly markets | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | anticompetitive, price, joint dominance |
| 2015-06-10June 10, 2015 | Public and private enforcement | Submission to OECD: Public and private antitrust enforcement | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | restitution, damages, confidential |
| 2015-05-04May 4, 2015 | Telecommunications | Submission to CRTC consultation 2015-97: Wholesale code | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) | price schedules, programming, subscriber |
| 2015-04-27April 27, 2015 | Telecommunications | Submission to CRTC consultation 2015-87: Video-on-demand undertakings | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) | vertical integration, subscribe, access |
| 2015-02-27February 27, 2015 | Transportation | Submission to the Canada Transportation Act Review Panel: Rail, air and marine transportation | Canada Transportation Act Review Panel | freight, travel, shipping |