Another merger, another drop in competition | Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project

The Globe & Mail

It is both a surprise and not a surprise that federal Minister of Transport Anita Anand on Monday approved the takeover of one giant agribusiness company by another, a move that will inevitably lessen competition in a key Canadian agricultural sector. Since 2000, Ottawa has allowed 31 out of 31 proposed mergers and acquisitions in agri-food to go through, the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project said in a report last year.

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