CAMP Submission to the Competition Bureau’s Proposed Anti-Competitive Conduct and Agreements Enforcement Guidelines

As part of its mandate, Canada’s Competition Bureau routinely publishes and updates guidance on how the agency enforces different aspects of the Competition Act. In January 2026, the Bureau completed a public consultation on its proposed changes to its guidance related to the enforcement of Canada’s laws against anti-competitive conduct and agreements. To ensure public interest voices were present, CAMP participated in the consultation with a short submission summarizing our perspective on the proposed guidance.

CAMP supports the Bureau’s move toward a unified, conduct-first approach for enforcement guidance, greater use of temporary orders to speed the resolution of competition issues, the inclusion of a more up-to-date understanding of market power and dominance, and recognition that anti-competitive conduct and agreement provisions can address serial acquisitions that fall outside traditional merger review. While room for improvement exists, CAMP encourages the Bureau to move quickly to adopt this guidance and begin a more active and assertive era of competition law enforcement.

Check out CAMP’s full submission here