Understanding Anti-Competitive Activities under Competition Act 1985

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Purpose of the study.....................................................................................................................4
Scope of the study........................................................................................................................4
Research methodology.................................................................................................................4
Sources of information................................................................................................................4
Competition Act 1985......................................................................................................................5
Description/Overview..................................................................................................................5
Purpose........................................................................................................................................5
Competition Bureau/ Commission..................................................................................................5
Description of the site/ url...........................................................................................................5
Description of organization.........................................................................................................6
Mission and value statement........................................................................................................6
Mandate and purpose...................................................................................................................6
Public Compliant procedure........................................................................................................7
Anti-competitive activities under Competitions Act 1985..............................................................7
Investigation procedure...............................................................................................................9
Determination and Hearing of infractions...................................................................................9
Penalties.......................................................................................................................................9
Application of the statute to Loblaw Company case.......................................................................9
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References......................................................................................................................................12
APPENDIX A................................................................................................................................13
APPENDIX B................................................................................................................................14
APPENDIX C................................................................................................................................15
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Introduction
Purpose of the study
The purpose of the study is to understand the various anti-behavior practices that are
being carried out within the marketplace. The study is purported to understand the nature of anti-
behavioral activities in Canada and the penalties that are imposed by the Competition Act 1985
(Whish & Bailey, 2015).
Scope of the study
Anti-competitive behavior refers to the business practice where the businesspersons or
entity agrees to restrict, prevent or distort their competition with an objective to affect trade. The
scope of this study is to understand the objective of the Competition Act of Canada that has been
designed to promote such competition and safeguard the marketplace against all the anti-
competitive acts (Slot & Farley, 2017). This paper shall entail the various legislative provisions
that aim at safeguarding the consumers by prohibiting the deceptive business practices.
Research methodology
The information contained in this research paper has been obtained using qualitative
research methodology using the secondary data sources.
Sources of information
The information for this paper has been obtained using secondary resources like articles,
legislations and the official sites of the Competition Bureau Commission under Competition
Act 1985.
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