Speaking

Interviews, conference and academic presentations, and parliamentary testimony on competition policy and inequality

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TV interviews

Are Monopolies Bad for Democracy? The Agenda with Steve Paikin, September 13, 2022.

Taking Stock – Wireless Pricing in Canada (5:30 mark). Taking Stock with Amanda Lang. May 2022.

Rising Inequality and the Global Economy. The Agenda with Steve Paikin, May 31, 2021.

Does Canada Deserve Better Competition? The Agenda with Steve Paikin, March 22, 2021.

Panels

Plenary – Our Economic Future. SHARE Investor Summit, February 2023.

Opening Plenary – Is Everything up for Grabs? Canadian Bar Association Competition Law Fall Conference, October 2022.

Competition Policy Series – The Competition Act and Canada’s Digital Future. Centre for International Governance Innovation, May 26, 2022.

Parliamentary testimony

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, May 3, 2022

Competitiveness in Canada. House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, April 20, 2021.

Proposed Acquisition of Shaw by Rogers. House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, April 6, 2021.

Podcasts

“Podcast: Competition policy and inclusive growth”. Modern Law, the Canadian Bar Association, December 16, 2022.

Vass Bednar, Ana Qarri and Robin Shaban on Fixing Canada’s Competition Law Problem. The Law Bytes Podcast, March 7, 2021

Vass Bednar and Robin Shaban on competition in the digital age. The Conference Board of Canada, July 1, 2021.

Conferences and academic presentations

Labour Shortages, Monopsony Power and Their Role in Our Current Labour Markets. Canadian Economics Association, CSLS-PEF Session, June 3, 2022.

Labour Markets and the Competition Act. Western Law Economics Research Group and ASCOLA, April 7, 2022.

Monopoly and the Covid Recovery. Canadian Economics Association Progressive Economics Association Panel, June 7, 2021.