Vibrant, dynamic competition lies at the heart of a robust economy, and supportive competition policy is essential to innovation, growth, and consumers’ wellbeing.
The C.D. Howe Institute Competition Policy Council comprises top ranked academics and practitioners active in competition policy. The Council, chaired by Finn Poschmann, Vice President, Research at the C.D. Howe Institute, provides expert, independent analysis of emerging competition policy issues, including those potentially faced by the Competition Bureau.
The Council generates crucial analysis for practitioners in the field, convenes a neutral forum for testing competing views, and provides an opportunity for policymakers, the media and the public to draw on the expertise of the competition field’s most distinguished legal and economic minds. The Council, whose members participate in their personal capacities, releases public reports that outline the issues and summarize the reasoning behind participants’ recommendations.
All reports are available at no cost via the Institute’s website.
The report of the Competition Policy Council’s June 17, 2011 meeting (on telecommunications ownership restrictions) is available here: http://cdhowe.org/pdf/Competition Policy Council June17 2011.pdf
The report of the Competition Policy Council’s November 10, 2011 meeting (on how competition policy legislation and enforcement can discourage truly anti-competitive agreements without discouraging healthy cooperation) is available here: http://www.cdhowe.org/pdf/The%20Verdict_Nov10.pdf
Council Members
Members of the Competition Policy Council participate in their personal capacities, and the views collectively expressed do not represent those of any institution or client. The current members of the Council are:
George N. Addy, Partner, Head of Competition and Foreign Investment Review, Davies, Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP. Director of Investigation and Research, Competition Bureau, 1993-1996.
Marcel Boyer, Bell Canada Professor Emeritus of Industrial Economics, Université de Montréal, and Fellow of CIRANO.
Timothy Brennan, Professor, Public Policy and Economics, University of Maryland Baltimore County. T.D. MacDonald Chair of Industrial Economics, Competition Bureau, 2006.
Neil Campbell, Partner, Competition and Trade Law, McMillan Binch LLP.
Jeffrey R. Church, Professor of Economics, University of Calgary. T. D. MacDonald Chair of Industrial Economics, Competition Bureau, 1995-1996.
Brian Facey, Co-Chair of Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group, Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP.
Adam F. Fanaki, Partner, Competition and Foreign Investment Review and Litigation, Davies, Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP.
Peter Glossop, Partner, Competition/Antitrust, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP.
R. Jay Holsten, Chair of Competition and Antitrust Group, Torys LLP.
Edward Iacobucci, Osler Chair in Business Law, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. Competition Policy Scholar, C.D. Howe Institute.
Lawson A. W. Hunter Q.C., Head of Competition/Antitrust Group, Stikeman Elliott LLP. Director of Investigation and Research, Competition Bureau, 1981-1985.
Donald McFetridge, Professor of Economics, Carleton University. T.D. MacDonald Chair of Industrial Economics, Competition Bureau, 1992-1993.
Margaret Sanderson, Vice President, Practice Leader of Antitrust & Competition Economics, Charles River Associates.
Roger Ware, Professor of Economics, Queen’s University. T.D. MacDonald Chair of Industrial Economics, 1993-1994.
Lawrence J. White, Robert Kavesh Professor of Economics, Stern School of Business, New York University.
Ralph A. Winter, Canada Research Chair in Business Economics and Public Policy, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia.