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The #TorontoStar / #PostMedia thing today has Canada's #competition #watchdog in the #news again.
I think it goes at the #problem ass-backwards. The competition watchdog is at the wrong place in the workflow to accomplish much. By the time a #deal is announced, it's essentially too late for a #regulator to have a meaningful impact on things.
(Very) occasionally it'll block a #merger or #acquisition, but that's reactive at best.
We need a pro-active approach.
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I suggest #legislation that forbids, in advance, any company controlling 10% or more of the #market in #Canada in any category from merging with or acquiring another company - in *any* field.
Big #companies buy out smaller companies to eliminate competition and drive up #prices, while expanding their market share.
Big companies merge with each other to stop having to #compete with each other.
If you're big enough to have 10% of the national market in something, you can compete for the rest.