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Competition Policy Council

Industry Regulation and Competition Policy

Competition Policy Council

Competition Policy Council

Vibrant, dynamic competition lies at the heart of a robust economy, and supportive competition policy is essential to innovation, growth, and consumers’ wellbeing. The Competition Policy Council comprises top-ranked academics and practitioners active in the field of competition policy. The Council is chaired by interim chair Elisa Kearney, Partner at Davies, Ward, Phillips & Vineberg LLP.  The Council provides analysis of emerging competition policy issues.

Professor Edward Iacobucci, Dean at the University of Toronto and Competition Policy Scholar at the Institute, advises the program. 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. The Council’s most recent recommendations can be found here.

Chair

Elisa Kearney

Partner, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Members

Melanie Aitken

Managing Principal, Washington, Bennett Jones LLP

Neil Campbell

Co-chair, Competition and International Trade, McMillan Binch LLP

Erika M. Douglas

Assistant Professor of Law, Temple University, Beasley School of Law

Renée Duplantis

Principal, The Brattle Group

Jason Gudofsky

Partner and Chair, Competition/Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group, McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Susan M. Hutton

Partner, Stikeman Elliott

Paul Johnson

Owner, Rideau Economics

Navin Joneja

Co-Chair of the Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group

Michelle Lally

Partner, Competition/Antitrust & Foreign Investment

Margaret Sanderson

VP & Practice Leader, Charles River Associates

Roger Ware

Professor, Queen's University

Ralph A. Winter

Canada Research Chair in Business Economics and Public Policy, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia

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