Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc.

Acting for Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc. in its C$1.7-billion sale to 16133258 Canada Inc., a newly-formed and wholly owned subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, implemented by way of a court-approved plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act.

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

Acted as Canadian counsel to Advance Auto Parts, Inc. in its US$1.5-billion sale of Worldpac, Inc., a wholesale distributor of quality aftermarket replacement automotive parts, to The Carlyle Group Inc.. 

A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund

Acting for A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund in its strategic combination with A&W Food Services of Canada to create a leading publicly-traded quick-service restaurant company.

Searchlight Pharma Inc.

Acted for the shareholders of Searchlight Pharma Inc., a top-growth Canadian specialty and innovative branded pharmaceutical company, in connection with the sale of their 100% interest to Apotex Inc.

Russel Metals Inc.

Acted for Russel Metals Inc. in its C$225-million acquisition of seven service centers from Samuel, Son & Co., five of which are located in Western Canada and two in the United States.

Guest, Counterfactual podcast, Canadian Bar Association, Competition and Foreign Investment Review Section, “The Competition Bureau’s AI Summit”

Oct. 24, 2024 - Listen to Podcast

Hold My Popcorn: Canadian Competition Tribunal Decides First Case Under Competition Act’s Amended Misleading Representations Provisions

Oct. 21, 2024 - Canada’s Competition Tribunal (Tribunal) recently released its reasons in the first contested case to apply the amended misleading representations provisions of the Competition Act (Act). The Tribunal’s decision assessed online representations by Cineplex Inc. about the price of its...

Canadian Bar Association, Competition Law Fall Conference, “Closing Plenary Debate”; Ottawa, ON

Sept. 27, 2024

Competition Bureau, Canada Competition Summit 2024, Market Dynamics in the AI Era; Ottawa, ON

Sept. 16, 2024

Power Cut: Canada Pulls the Plug on Chinese Electric Vehicles, co-author

Sept. 13, 2024 - Competition Law Insight
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Canadian Competition Bureau Stakes Out Aggressive Stance on Property Controls in Preliminary Enforcement Guidance

Aug. 19, 2024 - Following the Canadian Competition Bureau’s 2023 Retail Grocery Market Study in which it recommended that provincial and territorial governments take measures to limit property controls in the grocery industry, including banning their use, the Bureau recently released for public comment a statement...

Canada Signals High Bar for Investment Canada Act Approvals for Acquisitions of Critical Minerals Businesses

July 24, 2024 - Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry (Minister) recently issued a Ministerial Statement on Net Benefit Reviews of Canadian Critical Minerals Companies. Transactions involving important Canadian mining companies engaged in significant critical minerals operations that are subject...

Is Canada Pulling the Plug on Chinese Electric Vehicles?

July 12, 2024 - Background The Canadian government has prioritized the promotion of the domestic electric vehicle (EV) industry, with the objective of establishing Canada as a leader in the global end-to-end EV supply chain. This effort includes providing financial support and tax credits to manufacturers...

Legislative Amendments Usher in Tougher Competition Enforcement Regime in Canada, co-author

July 01, 2024 - Kluwer Competition Law Blog (Wolters Kluwer)
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Navigating the New Norm: Further Changes to Canada’s Competition Act in Effect

June 21, 2024 - Parliament recently passed Bill C-59 (the Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023), which includes important changes to Canada’s Competition Act, many of which are now in force. These amendments follow the already extensive changes to the Competition Act made in...

CBA Young Lawyers Symposium, “Consumer Driven Enforcement”; Montréal, QC

May 03, 2024

Canada Toughens its Scrutiny of Foreign Investments, co-author

Apr. 10, 2024 - Kluwer Competition Law Blog
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Canadian Government Enacts Major Amendments to the Investment Canada Act to Enhance Canada’s National Security Review Regime

Mar. 27, 2024 - Substantial amendments to the Investment Canada Act (ICA) were enacted on March 22, 2024, with the passing of Bill C-34, the National Security Review of Investments Modernization Act. These amendments, long in the works, will come into effect on a date to be fixed by Cabinet. It...

Toronto Metropolitan University, “Inclusive Competition”; Toronto, ON

Mar. 20, 2024

New Excessive and Unfair Pricing Provisions in Force in Canada’s Competition Act: Risk and Compliance Considerations

Jan. 18, 2024 - Canada’s Competition Act was amended effective December 15, 2023 to both (i) establish a new, more expansive framework for challenging anti-competitive conduct by dominant firms and (ii) specifically provide that it is an anti-competitive act for a dominant firm to directly or indirectly...

First Set of Major Changes to Canada’s Competition Act in Force

Dec. 19, 2023 - With royal assent to Bill C-56, The Affordable Housing and Groceries Act, occurring on December 15, 2023, important changes to Canada’s competition law framework came into force. The amendments that came into effect immediately on December 15, 2023: repeal the...

A New Era for Canadian Competition Law: Landmark Proposed Changes to the Competition Act Announced

Dec. 06, 2023 - The government announced significant additional amendments to Canada’s Competition Act in late November 2023, building on those already under consideration by Parliament in Bill C-56 and others enacted in 2022. More specifically, the Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act,...

Great FESpectations: Further Changes to Canadian Competition Law Ahead

Nov. 23, 2023 - Canada’s Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland, delivered the federal government’s Fall Economic Statement (FES) on November 21, 2023, in which she announced the government’s intention to introduce “generational changes to competition law in Canada,” which will “help stabilize prices and provide...

Guest, Counterfactual Podcast, Canadian Bar Association, Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section, “The Judge and the Clerk—An Inside Look at the Canadian Competition Tribunal”

Oct. 06, 2023 - Listen to Podcast.