Letters: Pro-Worker, Anti-Monopoly
September 1, 2024 - A Labour Day reminder of the link between pro-worker and anti-monopoly policy, Yelp sues Google for monopolization of general and local search markets and, court-revealed chats show Google’s power over the future of the news industry.
Letters: No Name No Thanks
August 25, 2024 - Loblaws attempts to create the image of competition with new No Name flanker brand, U.S. chicken farmers secure nine figure settlement against colluding agriculture processors, and algorithmic manipulation distorts outcomes across e-commerce, real estate and gas stations.
Letters: Cheering on Competition
August 18, 2024 - How Canadians stand to gain from U.S. antitrust victory against Google in search, Canada’s telecom regulator lays the foundation for more vibrant internet competition, and CAMP talks competition and the future of news at the University of Calgary.
Letters: Google is a Monopolist
August 11, 2024 - Google declared a monopolist as U.S. DOJ scores a historic victory in search case, interoperability is not enough to cure the monopoly woes of social media markets, an Air Canada’s play for the future of rail transportation in Canada rattles sector experts.
Letters: Big Tech Pushback
August 4, 2024 - Big tech policy fights in Canada highlight the need for competition policy to defuse concentrated power, new competition rules are put to use breaking up pharma monopolies in Canada, and Competition expert Denise Hearn talks about the link between fair competition and vibrant democracies.
Letters: Breaking Up Isn’t Hard to Do
July 28, 2024 - The Balanced Economy Project shows how corporate break ups can help restore competition, grocery giant Loblaw settles bread price fixing class actions but Competition Bureau investigation continues, and the Competition Bureau investigates potential algorithmic collusion in Canadian retail gas markets.


