Letters: Ruthless and Toothless
September 8, 2024 - RBC’s CEO laments “ruthless oligopoly” stopping banks from hiking mortgages higher, Toronto tenants push back against secretive algorithmic rent inflation, and the cost of consolidated capital flows to the future of the Canadian economy.
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.



