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This enactment modernizes the Competition Act and the
Competition Tribunal Act to respond to a changing business and
enforcement environment, by adopting a new approach to agreements
between competitors, by broadening the access to the Competition
Tribunal and by providing it with new powers. The enactment
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(a) modernizes provisions on conspiracy to avoid discouraging
strategic alliances;
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(b) enables individuals to apply to the Competition Tribunal in cases
of refusal to deal, exclusive dealing, tied selling and market
restrictions;
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(c) provides a new power to make temporary orders halting
anti-competitive acts; and
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(d) broadens the powers of the Competition Tribunal to include cost
awards and summary dispositions.
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