Amendments to the Competition Act that are viewed as a preliminary phase in modernizing the Canada’s competition regime take effect today. The amendments fix certain loopholes in the law, tackle business practices harmful to workers and consumers, increase penalties, and improve access to justice. The Competition Act now defines an anti-competitive act as one that is intended to have a predatory, exclusionary, or disciplinary negative impact on a competitor, or to have an adverse effect on competition includes a non-exhaustive list of examples of business practices that may be considered under abuse of dominance.
