Tous les étangs gisent gelés : Le patient espoir d'une réforme du droit de la concurrence canadien (in French only)

Author

Jacques Saint Amant

Organization

Option consommateurs

Published

2005

Summary

Option consommateurs’ hypothesizes that a comparative study of certain foreign competition laws may raise issues tending to show that Canadian competition legislation ought to be amended and suggesting certain approaches that may be ripe for consideration. The first step, then, is to briefly outline the structure of Canadian law and then give an overview of some of the main lines of five (5) foreign systems, namely those of the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom and, with regard to certain specific issues, the law of Australia and New Zealand. After a very cursory recapitulation of the economic concepts underlying competition law, Option consommateurs’ methodology will move on to a description and comparative analysis of an essentially legal nature. Certain trends will be picked out and contrasted with Canadian law to see if it looks capable of being at least as effective in governing market deregulation, which is, after all, the raison d’être of competition law. Option consommateurs’ conclusion is that our laws do not emerge triumphant from these comparisons, and we will formulate various hypotheses as to ways to make them more efficient and problem areas demanding further thought.

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This research received funding support through the Office of Consumer Affairs' Contributions Program.

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