For sure.
Let's talk about wage-fixing. There are very sound legal and economic reasons to forbid wage-fixing and no-poach agreements. Price-fixing, which has a criminal penalty with it, and wage-fixing, are very economically similar, but the language of the new amendment is overly broad and creates a lot of uncertainty.
For example, there is great uncertainty about whether the term “employee” captures all categories of workers. There is no definition of “employer” and “employee” in the Competition Act, so have they consulted with employment lawyers about the enactment of this? This is something that all parties that concern themselves about the state of employees should be really concerned about. That this is going to have an uncertain application, with the other end being going to jail for over 10 years, is a pretty serious concern.