What industries or sectors are practically most at risk?
The Competition Actis “law of general application”. As such, it applies, with few exceptions to all businesses and industries in Canada. Having said that, as a practical matter, the Competition Bureau has tended to focus its enforcement resources in recent years on industries with high consumer impact, including gasoline, real estate and high profile retailers. Historically, industries in which demand is declining, there is excess capacity, homogenous products, competition primarily on price and consolidated markets have tended to be at the greatest risk for the formation of cartels.
