A Private Right of Action for Abuse of Dominance

David Vaillancourt was invited by the C.D. Howe Institute to submit an “Intelligence Memo” concerning his views on a private right of access for abuse of dominance proceedings in Canada. The Intelligence Memo is excerpted from his submissions to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology on the same topic. His article is available on the web here, and as a PDF below. [more] Full article
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