Ontario 360 Transition Briefings 2022 - COMPETITION POLICY: SHOULD THE PROVINCE PL

Meanwhile, the Province of Ontario has an existing MOU with the Competition Bureau, dating from 2015, that aims to advance the mutual goals shared by the Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services and the Competition Bureau. [...] The Order also established a White House Competition Council, led by the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and the Director of the National Economic Council, who chairs the Council. [...] The United States In the United States, in addition to the designated federal agencies responsible for antitrust enforcement – the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission – fifty-six “state” attorneys general (including the District of Columbia and five territories) can bring antitrust cases. [...] The European Union (EU) In the EU, competition policy is developed and enforced through two central rules of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) — Articles 101 and 102. [...] Similarly, the creation of a Provincial Competition Council, similar to the new White House body, to investigate and monitor progress on initiatives that promote competition in Ontario could aid in the adoption of the all-of-government approach to competition.