We are able to combine streamline some of these things to reduce the number of bureaucrats and the levels of bureaucracy in Ottawa and around Canada, for example, taking the Department of Fisheries and Oceans out of the creeks and watersheds of the Prairies and focusing its work on fish habitats on our coastlines.

definition of a competition policy tuned to the specific needs of the military sector: competition policy in the military sector should focus on safeguarding innovation by avoiding potentially damaging vertical mergers.

definition of a competition policy tuned to the specific needs of the military sector: competition policy in the military sector should focus on safeguarding innovation by avoiding potentially damaging vertical mergers.

It is also intended that the Commission should adopt, at a later stage, further guidance on its approach to the assessment of "vertical" and "conglomerate" mergers.

The simplified procedure followed by the Commission concerns merger transactions: (a) where the joint venture's turnover and total assets are each less than 100 million; (b) where, in the case of a merger or of acquisition of sole or joint control of another undertaking, the parties are not engaged in business activities on the same market as any other party to the merger; (c) where, in the case of a merger or of acquisition of sole or joint control of another undertaking, the parties are engaged in business activities on the same market as another party to the merger but their combined market share is not 15% or more for horizontal relationships and 25% or more for vertical relations ...[+++]hips.

The extent of concentration in our banking industry and in fact in the broader financial services sectors—because we're talking about both vertical and horizontal integration and concentration, actually, and the recommendations in the task force report with regard to insurance and banks moving into that area, and so forth, speak to that point—has long been a concern, not only because it increases market power held or the ability to control prices, but also because it may lead to the exercise of undue political power by these corporati ...[+++]ons.