Competition Act
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Glossary
Competition Act
The Competition Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-34 (Competition Act), is Canada’s federal competition legislation. It includes both criminal offences and civil reviewable matters.
The criminal offences of the Competition Act include:
- Conspiracy (section 45).
- Bid-rigging (section 47).
- Criminal misleading representations (section 52).
- Deceptive telemarketing (section 52.1).
- Pyramid selling schemes (section 55.1).
The civil reviewable matters under the Competition Act include:
- Price maintenance (section 76).
- Civil misleading representations (section 74.01).
- Refusals to deal (section 75).
- Pre-merger notification and the substantive review of mergers (under Parts VIII and IX of the Competition Act).
The Competition Act is primarily administered and enforced by the Competition Bureau, which is headed by the Commissioner of Competition.
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