Paper originally submitted to the 2014 ABA / IBA International Cartel Workshop
In an article contributed to the 2012 Cartel Workshop in Vancouver, I discussed (among other things) the status of the auto parts inquiry in Canada, based on a review of public record materials.1 Affidavits filed in support of subpoena applications to the Ontario courts indicated that the Canadian Competition Bureau's ("CCB") auto parts inquiry had, by October 2011, reached such a significant scale that the CCB had: (i) 10 co-operating parties in the inquiry; (ii) issued at least 15 "target" letters and numerous subpoenas; and (iii) had granted 164 markers to co-operating parties across a broad range of products.2
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