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Most branches of the Bureau are headed by a Senior Deputy Commissioner, with directorates that fall under a Deputy Commissioner. [4]In addition to its main operations, the Competition Bureau also jointly manages the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC), in partnership with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Ontario Provincial Police.
The Scanner Price Accuracy Code is a Canadian retail voluntary practice managed by the Retail Council of Canada and endorsed by the Competition Bureau. [1] It was introduced in June 2002 [2]: 2 as Canadian retailers were in the midst of updating their point-of-sale systems with barcode readers [1] to "foster consumer confidence" with the new systems. [3]
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED; French: Innovation, Sciences et Développement économique Canada; ISDE) [NB 1] is a department of the Government of Canada. ISED is responsible for a number of the federal government's functions in regulating industry and commerce , promoting science and innovation, and supporting ...
The Competition Bureau Canada opened an investigation in 2020 to probe whether the Alphabet-owned search engine giant had engaged in practices that harm competition in Canada's online ads industry.
[5] [6] The Competition Act dissolved the Restrictive Trade Practices Commission and created the Competition Tribunal and the Competition Bureau. Unlike the Commission, the Competition Tribunal has no authority to investigate offenses, as investigations are now the responsibility of the Competition Bureau to carry. [4]
The administration and enforcement of the Competition Act is done by the Competition Bureau, [14] headed by the Commissioner of Competition. The Bureau is also responsible for the administration and enforcement of the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act (for non-food products), the Textile Labelling Act, and the Precious Metals Marking Act.
According to the Competition Bureau, the fine was the highest ever price fixing fine in Canadian history. [15] As a result of the guilty plead, Canada Bread is placed on federal government's list of "ineligible and suspended suppliers" and banned from bidding on any federal government contracts for 10 years. [16]
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