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Critically examining redistribution claims in competition policy
For over half a century, competition law thinkers in Canada and elsewhere have made the argument that competition law should not be designed with the purpose of ensuring a fair and equitable distribution of economic resources. In plainer terms, the focus of competition law should not be to ensure fair prices for consumers or fair…
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Gaps in Abuse of Dominance: Amazon and the need for exploitation concept in the Competition Act
In this post I want to riff on some ideas I have inspired by some recent conversations at the INDU parliamentary committee, abuse of dominance, and the Bureau’s investigation into Amazon. My inspiration On May 6, Vass Bednar and Denise Hern’s testified at the INDU parliamentary committee where they talked about, among other things, A…