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Texas-based firm commands 80 per cent market share of telecom services for provincial and territorial inmates after securing non-competitive, highly lucrative contracts.

Canada is becoming increasingly anti-competitive and unproductive due to overregulation, industry heads and officials told attendees at Canada’s Competition Summit this year.

Google, Meta and Amazon control more than 90 per cent of the market meant to sell online advertising in Canada, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project, a think tank devoted to addressing concentrations of power.

The hoards of personal data collected by the few U.S.-based companies that dominate online advertising can be used to track government officials and even pose cybersecurity risks, warns a new report from the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project.

Google et Meta détiennent 75 % du marché canadien de la publicité en ligne, évalué à plus de 16 milliards de dollars. Les géants de la publicité en ligne colligent d’énormes quantités d’informations sensibles – en temps quasi réel – sur leurs utilisateurs partout dans le monde, notamment sur leur localisation, leur finances, leur santé et leur vie privée.

"Ticketmaster really is a frequent flyer when it comes to these practices of deceiving customers, overcharging and allowing scalpers to jack up the price of tickets," said Keldon Bester, the Ottawa-based executive director of the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project, a think-tank aimed at addressing monopoly power in Canada.