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Presented by the Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) National Competition Law Section and
the Professional Development Committee of the CBA
Présentée par la Section nationale du droit de la concurrence de l’Association du Barreau canadien (ABC)
et le Comité du développement professionnel de l’ABC
MATERIALS / MATÉRIAUX
2012 Competition Law Fall Conference
Conférence annuelle d'automne 2012 en droit de la concurrence
Pushing the Limits:
Are Penalties for Competition Violations too High?
Denis Gascon Norton Rose Canada LLP
(Montréal)
September 20 - 21, 2012 | 20 et 21 septembre, 2012 Hilton Lac-Leamy | Gatineau, Québec
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
ENERGY
INFRASTRUCTURE, MINING AND COMMODITIES
TRANSPORT
TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
PHARMACEUTICALS AND LIFE SCIENCES
Pushing the Limits: Are Penalties for
Competition Violations too High?
Denis Gascon
Partner
Norton Rose Canada LLP
2012 CBA Annual Competition Law Fall Conference
September 21, 2012
Gatineau, Quebec
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Criminal Sanctions in Canada
Conspiracy Provisions of the Competition Act (s. 45)
$10 758 500
$3 200 000$4 125 000
$5 570 000
$9 725 000
$1 825 000
$42 270 000
$4 445 000$5 239 000
$15 355 000
$8 474 000
$45 000
$22 218 500
$-
$4 000 000
$8 000 000
$12 000 000
$16 000 000
$20 000 000
$24 000 000
$28 000 000
$32 000 000
$36 000 000
$40 000 000
$44 000 000
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Year
To
tal F
ines
Source: Competition Bureau, Penalties Imposed by the Courts, updated May 12, 2012, http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cb-
bc.nsf/eng/01863.html ; Competition Bureau, List of Charges and Sentences in the Quebec Gasoline Price-fixing Cartel, updated April 12,
2012, http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cbbc.nsf/eng/03079.html; Competition Bureau, Press Releases, January 2000 – September
2012, http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cbbc.nsf/eng/h_02705.html .
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Criminal Sanctions in Canada
Bid-rigging Provisions of the Competition Act (s. 47)
$417 500
$800 000
$- $- $- $- $- $-
$200 000
$25 000$50 000
$425 000
$290 000
$-
$100 000
$200 000
$300 000
$400 000
$500 000
$600 000
$700 000
$800 000
$900 000
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Year
To
tal F
ine
s
Source: Competition Bureau, Penalties Imposed by the Courts, updated May 12, 2012, http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cb-
bc.nsf/eng/01863.html ; Competition Bureau, List of Charges and Sentences in the Quebec Gasoline Price-fixing Cartel, updated April 12,
2012, http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cbbc.nsf/eng/03079.html; Competition Bureau, Press Releases, January 2000 – September
2012, http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cbbc.nsf/eng/h_02705.html .
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Criminal Sanctions in Canada
Source: Competition Bureau, Penalties imposed by the Courts, updated May 12, 2012, http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cb-
bc.nsf/eng/01863.html; Competition Bureau, Press Releases, January 2000 – September 2012,
http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cbbc.nsf/eng/h_02705.html ..
5
Civil Sanctions in Canada
Source: Competition Bureau, Penalties imposed by the Courts, updated May 12, 2012, http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cb-
bc.nsf/eng/01863.html; Competition Bureau, Press Releases, January 2000 – September 2012,
http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cbbc.nsf/eng/h_02705.html ..
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Criminal Sanctions in Canada
Source: Competition Bureau, Penalties Imposed by the Courts, updated May 12, 2012, http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cb-
bc.nsf/eng/01863.html ; Competition Bureau, List of Charges and Sentences in the Quebec Gasoline Price-fixing Cartel, updated April 12,
2012, http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cbbc.nsf/eng/03079.html; Competition Bureau, Press Releases, January 2000 – September
2012, http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cbbc.nsf/eng/h_02705.html
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