Industry committee  I'm not an immigration expert, but the only thing I would add is that we've seen some promising starts with the province recognizing Red Seal trades and allowing for greater mobility across the country. We think that these are really promising in terms of expanding the ability of

Industry committee  I am Canadian by birth, so that's why I'm so thrilled to be able to add my voice to this conversation in Canada. What we've seen in the U.S., where I'm currently based, is Biden's recent executive order in July of last year that really took this all-of-government approach. He ta

Industry committee  I would also add that Canadians have consistently paid some of the highest rates in the world for telecommunication services. There was a lot of discussion about this earlier this year with some of the wholesale providers trying to negotiate fairer rates. The decisions that were

Industry committee  I was going to make a broader point about data, which has come up as well. It's important to consider that for Amazon, Google, Facebook and many of the technology platforms, the reason this business model of hoovering up as much data as possible is the basis of what's been called

Industry committee  I think the definition of a monopolist or someone who has market power is that you as a consumer don't have any choice. To give one example, a personal example, recently Venmo, which is a product I use as a consumer, said that they were changing their contract terms in their user

Industry committee  I think this goes beyond the act. It needs to be a true all-of-government approach in which individual agencies that are sector-specific also need to take this seriously, along with having provincial remedies. Thank you.

Industry committee  When we talk about gatekeeping, what we mean is that there is a company or a set of companies that may be operating as an oligopoly and that has a dominant position in the market. They're able to exercise that dominant market power to the detriment of other stakeholders, whether

Industry committee  Absolutely. The only small addition I would make is this: The other day, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said, regarding the increased fines being discussed as changes to the Competition Act, that these types of violations would have a “chilling effect on investment” in Canada, whic

Industry committee  Sticking with the restaurant industry, Lauren, you mentioned the rising cost of inputs like chicken and beef. In Quebec there was recently a class action lawsuit filed against the main four Canadian meat packers—Cargill, JBS, Tyson Foods and National Beef Packing—for unduly restr

Industry committee  The brief that we have submitted to the committee contains further discussion and areas of opportunity to consider. We thank the committee for the opportunity to appear and are available for follow up conversations and analysis. Thank you so much.

Industry committee  Hi, everyone. My name is Denise Hearn. I'm a senior fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project and the co-author of The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition, which was named a Financial Times best book of 2018.

Industry committee  The question we're interested in is why it is so difficult for smaller businesses to compete, despite new modern technology that should make it much easier for them to be successful. As it stands, entrepreneurs must navigate a series of expensive and near-invisible competition i