Submission | Pre-Budget Consultation in Advance of the 2025 Federal Budget

In its 2025 Pre-Budget Submission, the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project (CAMP) calls on the federal government to invest in the future of competition in Canada. With affordability still top of mind for Canadians, the 2025 budget is an opportunity to build up rather than cut back the efforts of the Competition Bureau to promote competition and improve the cost of living.

Recognizing the 30-to-1 return on funding dollars invested in the Competition Bureau, the federal government should commit to increasing the Bureau’s annual funding by $25 million in the upcoming budget. Strong reforms of the Competition Act in 2023 and 2024 must be matched with appropriate resources to make the most of these important policy changes. Laws are only as good as their enforcement, and a well-resourced Competition Bureau is key to protecting competition and improving affordability for Canadians.

Read the full submission here.