Ottawa is ridiculous

Great piece from CAMP fellow Andrew Paulley on the need to differentiate surveillance pricing from the typical discounts and how we can ensure the deck isn't stacked against consumers. antimonopoly.ca/dont-fall-fo...

We've got a new report out this week at CAMP on the dominance of American hyperscalers and what Canada can do about it. By treating compute like a commodity, we can ensure that massive private and public investment generates fair competition instead of lock-in. Check out the full report below

Well at least anxiety seems to have plateaued

"Without far-reaching change, the government, farmers and consumers will be doomed to fight an endless battle against corporate combines. Consumers will keep paying too much, and farmers will continue to get too little." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/o...

Payouts from the Great Bread Price-Fixing Scandal have started to go out, but as @keldonb.bsky.social from the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project explains, the secretive case is ongoing and far from over:

This is good news. Survey data shows that 66% of farmers say consolidation in the market for equipment dealerships has a negative impact on their business. www.realagriculture.com/2026/05/deer...

Happy Bread Price Fixing Settlement Day to all Canadians who celebrate

One more red tape reduction and we'll be fine. I'm in Corporate Knights today talking about how it'll take more than getting government out the way to fix Canada's monopoly problem. corporateknights.com/perspectives...

Hyper concentrated markets bring trouble: FT reports that the recent US stock market gains (turbocharged by the conflict in the Middle East) are driven by smallest number of stocks on record (mostly Big Tech stocks) - increasing risk of a sharp drop when the bubble pops www.ft.com/content/7599...

Competition Bureau is headed to court to challenge a potential monopoly in Canada's natural gas sector. Important first test of whether Canada's updated merger laws can block what appears to be an attempt at literal monopoly. decisions.ct-tc.gc.ca/ct-tc/cdo/en...

In text bolding is passive aggressive

@jamesnicholson.bsky.social and I talk grocery monopolies, private jets, Amazon, and whether my mattress is sufficiently patriotic.

For Earth Day, a couple of thoughts: - Cities are part of Earth - Cities are good for the environment - The more dense, the better

Podcast ep coming out soon where we go in on why this is a disaster for about an hour.

WOW. 80% of small businesses in Canada say addressing monopolies should be a priority for government. Unsurprising but still shocking, even to to me.

Loblaws: we build future-forward experiences that solve complex problems Also Loblaws: there is no way to determine the weight of meat ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/...

Maybe this time Will be different

Canadians really really really don't like algorithmic pricing. 50% want it banned and the 30% that want it allowed are calling for regulation. Great to see building energy at the provincial and federal level to ensure Canadians can count on fair pricing in the marketplace.

Sports betting ads are everywhere — and the province is cashing in — but at what cost? Andrew Kim (@torontomet.bsky.social) tells @jeyantvo.bsky.social how Ontario’s online gambling shift opened the floodgates, increasing access to a potentially addictive product. At 8pm | Producer: Preeti Bhuyan

It's not so much price controls @ retail level that we need, but rather we must tackle corporate concentration and market power by preventing big mergers and acquisitions all along food supply chains in the first place. ://www.ft.com/content/d272c711-178c-4c73-a397-5b8fac200e5f?syn-25a6b1a6=1

Canada's Competition Bureau is currently reviewing the Paramount-Warner Bros. deal

Thanks to the CBC for having me on to talk about the potential of public grocery stores in Canada. The issues with competition in our food system go beyond the store shelf. We need to deal with monopolization further up the chain. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Canadians know what's up. "Across the country, Canadians express a strong desire for governments to step in and set rules governing algorithmic pricing practices, with many supporting outright prohibition of certain forms of automated pricing systems." abacusdata.ca/canadians-ar...

Happy to speak to @faliceemo.bsky.social at @thehubcanada.bsky.social about the growing Americanization and monopolization of Canada's national parks. thehub.ca/2026/03/19/w...

Moving rapidly from worrying that videos are AI to hoping videos are AI

In non-Ticketmaster news, last night a group of state attorneys general sued to block Nexstar from acquiring Tegna, a merger between the two largest television broadcasters. oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...

Today's greatest inflationary pressures over the past year: Groceries, rental housing, out of pocket purchases of healthcare services. Electricity inflation has risen the fastest since November (year over year inflation) From www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/c...

Right now Manitoba is the only province in Canada that understands we can have a say over what goes into the prices we see on store shelves. news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.h...

Holy sh*t. Wab Kinew's government just made using data to increase prices an unfair business practice. This is historic for Canada. *Proposed bill bans suppliers from charging higher prices to certain consumers based on personalized or algorithmically determined information. t.co/ZugFOj7983

"As U.S. state and Big Tech become one, we become digital serfs, and it sucks" By Canadian Shield Institute Managing Director @vassb.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

When you talk like this, you're a monopoly

Good grief.

The Competition Tribunal has canned Google’s Charter appeal, allowing a lawsuit based on the company’s alleged anti-competitive conduct to proceed, saying it failed to meet the “indisputably high bar” of the true penal consequence test. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/03/05/c...

I am hearing that Paramount-Warner Bros is both pro-competitive and pro-consumer

Big news in Canadian competition policy today as the Competition Tribunal rejects Google's argument that new monetary penalties are unconstitutional. antimonopoly.ca/canadas-comp...

"This proposed regime could obsess over market centralization and predatory business practices... take aim at monopolists like Ticketmaster, responsible for jacking up concert prices... aggressively block mergers in already-uncompetitive industries." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

For @techpolicypress.bsky.social this week I wrote about how Canada's tech accountability efforts should be squarely focused on protecting Canadian sovereignty in an unstable geopolitical environment. www.techpolicy.press/a-tech-antim...

Canada's Competition Bureau recognizes that our airline market is not delivering for Canadians. CAMP was glad to see our recommendations echoed by the Bureau, but know that there is more work to be done to fix flying in Canada. antimonopoly.ca/statement-ca...

Monopoly isn't just a tax on everyday Canadians, it's a threat to the future of our independence. We need to tackle both problems if we want to create a strong and free Canada. www.corporateknights.com/leadership/m...

In an unstable geopolitical environment, Canada's digital infrastructure is in the hands of just a few American companies. In a new CAMP discussion paper, we ask the question what a new path forward should look like. antimonopoly.ca/discussion-p...

Had a great time talking with Harrison about Canada's monopoly challenge in a changing world and the work we're doing at CAMP

Who won't delivery apps screw in the pursuit of profit? Drivers, restaurants & customers all deal with the fallout of exploitative wages, unclear fees, and drip pricing. Competition fairness rockstar @keldonb.bsky.social explains in this piece. @jennabench.bsky.social | www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

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I had a great time chatting to @laurentdcar.bsky.social about his new book "At the Trough: The Rise and Rise of Canada's Corporate Welfare Bums" for the Deep Dives newsletter. We covered a lot of interesting ground. Do check it out! open.substack.com/pub/orbitpol...

We should absolutely limit these exclusivity deals CC @keldonb.bsky.social

Québec, the Canadian province with the most exhaustive and expansive rent *and* vacancy controls, has built more rental units in the absolute and per 1000 than any other province in the past 40 years. Exemptions apply only for 5 years after construction.