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Are reductions in penalties possible for cooperating with an investigation?

April 26, 2017cooperating investigation penalties possible reductions

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Are reductions in penalties possible for cooperating with an investigation?

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Yes. The Competition Bureau has a formal immunity program intended to encourage participants in criminal cartels to disclose their illegal conduct to potentially receive immunity from prosecution. The Competition Bureau’s immunity program is set out in a Bureau Information Bulletin. See: Immunity from Prosecution (Pamphlet), Immunity Program Under the Competition Act (Bulletin), Investigating Cartels, Memorandum of Understanding, Revised Draft Information Bulletin on Sentencing and Leniency in Cartel Cases (Bulletin) and Sentencing and Leniency in Cartel Cases (Information Bulletin). Immunity applications are made to the Competition Bureau, which will determine whether to recommend to the Director of Public Prosecutions that the request be granted.