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In this edition: Merger notification and foreign investment review thresholds for 2023, Competition Bureau issues draft enforcement guidelines regarding new wage-fixing and no-poach provisions, Federal Court of Appeal dismisses Commissioner's [...]

There are multiple thresholds for review of direct acquisitions of control of a Canadian business by a non-Canadian WTO investor: Direct acquisition of a publicly-traded entity - $1.287 billion* or [...]

Thresholds for mergers and acquisitions under the Competition Act and Investment Canada Act have been announced for 2023. For a second consecutive year, the two monetary thresholds under the Competition [...]

Competition Act Thresholds For the third year in a row the Competition Bureau announced that the transaction-size threshold for pre-merger notification under the Competition Act will be $93 million. Generally, [...]

The Government of Canada recently announced the monetary thresholds that determine whether a review is required under the Competition Act and Investment Canada Act for 2023. Where a transaction exceeds [...]

Regulatory and tax considerations private equity firms should focus on when investing in Canada The first nine months of 2022 have seen global M&A activity levels fall substantially from the [...]

Welcome to the November issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Blakes Competitive Edge provides an overview of recent developments [...]

Welcome to the September issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Blakes Competitive Edge provides an overview of recent developments [...]

Canadian equity markets have had a significant downturn in 2022. Year-to-date, the S&P/TSX Index has returned -7.38% and the S&P/TSX-Venture Index returned -28.95% in 2022. The total amount of capital [...]

Welcome to the May issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Blakes Competitive Edge provides an overview of recent developments [...]

The 2022 updates to the notification thresholds under Canada's Competition Act and Investment Canada Act have been announced. While the Investment Canada Act thresholds increased materially this year, given the [...]

Davies' Canadian Mergers & Acquisitions draws on our multijurisdictional M&A experience to offer clear guidance on both the legal framework and the practical aspects of Canadian mergers and acquisitions, including [...]

Welcome to the March issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Blakes Competitive Edge provides an overview of recent developments [...]

The Canadian government has lowered the 2021 thresholds for both pre-merger notification under the Competition Act and for pre-closing net benefit review of foreign investments under the Investment Canada Act. [...]

The 2021 updates to the merger thresholds under Canada's Competition Act and Investment Canada Act have been announced. Most notably, for the first time , the Competition Act's size-of target [...]

The Competition Bureau announced the 2021 transaction-size pre-merger notification threshold under the Competition Act is decreasing to C$93 million, effective February 13, 2021. Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada also [...]

New thresholds for mergers and acquisitions under the Competition Act and Investment Canada Act are now in effect. These thresholds are adjusted annually based on GDP formulas and, for the [...]

The threshold for certain pre-closing net benefit reviews under the Investment Canada Act (ICA) and the threshold for a pre-closing merger notification under the Competition Act have now both been [...]

The Government of Canada recently announced changes to the monetary thresholds to determine whether a review is required under the Competition Act and Investment Canada Act. Where a transaction exceeds [...]

The 2020 updates to the merger thresholds under Canada's Competition Act and Investment Canada Act have been announced. Most notably, and for the first time since the current system was [...]

The threshold for certain pre-closing net benefit reviews under the Investment Canada Act (ICA) and the threshold for a pre-closing merger notification under the Competition Act have now both been [...]

The 2019 increases to the merger thresholds under Canada's Competition Act and Investment Canada Act have been announced. Competition Act The Competition Act requires advance notification of certain merger transactions [...]

The threshold for pre-closing merger notification under the Competition Act and certain thresholds for pre-closing foreign investment reviews under the Investment Canada Act have been adjusted for inflation for 2019. [...]

The Competition Bureau announced the 2019 transaction-size pre-merger notification threshold under the Competition Act increased to C$96 million from C$92 million, effective February 2, 2019. Innovation, Science and Economic Development [...]

The threshold for certain pre-closing net benefit reviews under the Investment Canada Act (ICA) and the threshold for a pre-closing merger notification under the Competition Act have been increased for [...]

Published by the Competition / Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group Competition Act Certain types of transactions that exceed prescribed thresholds require pre-merger notification under Canada's Competition Act. Such transactions cannot [...]

On January 31, 2019, the Competition Bureau announced the 2019 size of transaction pre-merger notification threshold under the Competition Act would increase to $96 million (the 2018 threshold was $92 [...]

Each year, Canada's Competition Act transaction size threshold and the Investment Canada Act threshold applicable to the direct acquisition of a non-cultural Canadian business by a state-owned enterprise of a [...]

The threshold for certain pre-closing net benefit reviews under the Investment Canada Act (ICA) and the threshold for a pre-closing merger notification under the Competition Act have been increased for [...]

Both the Competition Act and the Investment Canada Act thresholds for review of acquisitions involving Canadian businesses are expected to increase in 2016. The 'size of target' threshold for Competition [...]

In recent years we have observed that merger reviews under the Competition Act are becoming more complex and that regulatory intervention under the Investment Canada Act is increasing, particularly in [...]

The threshold for a pre-closing net benefit review under the Investment Canada Act and the threshold for a pre-closing merger notification under the Competition Act have been increased for 2015. [...]

Both the Competition Act and the Investment Canada Act thresholds for review of acquisitions involving Canadian businesses are expected to increase in 2015. The 'size of target' threshold for Competition [...]

In this report, the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group outlines the key Canadian developments in the areas of competition and foreign investment law over the past year and [...]

The threshold for a pre-closing net benefit review under the Investment Canada Act and the threshold for a pre-closing merger notification under the Competition Act have been increased for 2014. [...]

Both the Competition Act and the Investment Canada Act thresholds for review of acquisitions of Canadian businesses are expected to increase in 2014, to C$82 million and C$354 million respectively, [...]

Competition Act - Increase in Transaction-Size Threshold The Competition Bureau announced that the pre-merger notification threshold relating to transaction-size will increase to $80 million from the 2012 threshold of $77 [...]

Competition Act The Competition Bureau (Bureau) announced on January 8, 2013, that the pre-merger notification transaction-size threshold for 2013 will increase to $80 million from the 2012 threshold of $77 [...]

The thresholds for review of acquisitions involving Canadian businesses will soon increase under both the Competition Act and the Investment Canada Act. The Competition Bureau announced on January 8, 2013 [...]

Bill C-101, together with the consequential publication of regulations and guidelines, enacted several changes to the Competition Act (Canada) (the 'Competition Act')2 and the Investment Canada Act (the 'IC Act')3 [...]

Increases to a merger notification threshold under Canada's Competition Act and the investment review threshold under the Investment Canada Act have been announced:Competition ActThe Competition Act generally requires advance notification [...]

Significant developments in Canadian competition and foreign investment law and policy since March 2009 include: The most significant amendments to the Competition Act in its history, including the introduction of [...]

Unless changed by regulation, the 'size of target' threshold for advance notification under the Competition Act of transactions involving Canadian businesses will likely be reduced to C$67 million, in accordance [...]

In a move that took many by surprise, the Canadian Government last week proposed significant changes to the country's competition law and foreign investment review process. These measures were introduced [...]

On Friday, February 6, 2009, Canada's Minister of Finance, James Flaherty, introduced in Parliament Bill C-10, the Budget Implementation Act, to implement fiscal and economic measures Canada is taking to [...]

By Anthony F. Baldanza, Huy A. Do, and Mark D. Magro Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative Government has followed through with pre-election promises to amend Canada's competition and foreign investment [...]

Earlier today, Canada's Minister of Finance tabled the weighty Bill C-10, the Budget Implementation Act. Included in this Bill are proposals to significantly amend the Competition Act and the Investment [...]

The re-election of a Conservative minority government on October 14, 2008 (now with 143 seats in the House of Commons, up from 124 in the 2006 election), keeps alive the [...]