Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, ANTITRUST NEWS: Canada Competition Bureau streamlines organizational structure, (Mar 26, 2015)

By Greg Hammond, J.D.

The Canada Competition Bureau has implemented a new organizational structure that will take effect April 1, 2015. The realignment streamlines the Competition Bureau’s eight branches into four, accomplishing a goal set forth in the Competition Bureau’s 2014-2015 Annual Plan to implement more integrated business processes and to more effectively leverage the skill sets of its employees.

The new organizational structure, according to a statement released by the Competition Bureau, will “increase collaboration and organizational synergies within the Bureau, provide greater flexibility in allocating resources to strategic priorities, and establish a more complementary balance between the Bureau’s enforcement and competition promotion activities.”

Specifically, the four new branches of the Competition Bureau will include: (1) the Mergers and Monopolistic Practices Branch, which combines the current Mergers and Civil Matters branches; (2) the Cartels and Deceptive Marketing Practices Branch, which combines the current Criminal Matters and Fair Business Practices branches; (3) the Competition Promotion Branch, which combines the current Economic Policy and Enforcement, Legislative and International Affairs, and Public Affairs branches; and (4) the Corporate Services Branch, which will include the Electronic Evidence Unit and the Information Centre.

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