Purpose of Act 1.1 The purpose of this Act is to maintain and encourage competition in Canada in order to promote the efficiency and adaptability of the Canadian economy, in order to expand opportunities for Canadian participation in world markets while at the same time recognizing the role of foreign competition in Canada, in order to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises have an equitab. [...] An OECD paper’s historical account of the Canadian competition law notes that although consumer issues come at the end of the statute’s list, history shows that consumer interests were considered important from the outset.13 It also noted that the labour minister who was responsible for the Combines Investigation Act of 1910 said that the “main purpose of this measure is the protection of the cons. [...] Having identified protection of consumer interests in an open and fair market as the underlying goal of the Act and competition policy, it is important to review the adequacy of the current interpretation of consumer protection in this digital age, and the underlying standard that should guide the application of competition law in Canada. [...] This transaction is still under review at the Competition Bureau, but it would be fair to say that the existence of efficiencies defence provides an advantage to Rogers and Shaw, much to the detriment of consumers and competition in a largely oligopolistic market, with Canada already having one of the highest wireless prices in the world.65 This means that even if the Competition Bureau’s investig. [...] For instance, the Commissioner of Competition at his appearance before the INDU Committee, relating to the proposed acquisition of Shaw by Rogers, was asked about the level of monitoring done of other approvals.74 He said that the Bureau cannot afford to do after the fact assessments of their merger remedies, and also that they lacked the authority to ask for the necessary information and data to.
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