"Recent Developments in Foreign Investment Review in Canada: Much Fanfare, Much Furor...Much Ado About Nothing?" presented at the CBA Competition Law conference, September 2010
Date:
November 3 2010
The Investment Canada Act (the “ICA”) is the framework legislation that establishes Canada’s foreign investment regime – a regime that has been ranked by the OECD as one of the most restrictive among industrialized nations. According to a 2008 blue-ribbon panel appointed by the Government to review Canada’s competitiveness (often referred to as the “Wilson Panel” after its chair), this characterization of Canada’s foreign investment screening was unduly critical and merely reflected the fact that Canada’s law is more visible than other countries which have more informal barriers to investment.
Republished with permission. This publication was presented at the CBA Competition Law Section Conference in Gatineau, Québec on September 30, 2010.
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