The CBA Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section’s Economics and Law Committee presents:

Economist Roundtable with the Competition Bureau

June 20, 2022 | 10:00 AM to 2:15 PM Eastern
Online (Zoom)

This event is the annual Economist Roundtable hosted by the Economics and Law Committee and the Economic Analysis Directorate of the Competition Bureau. This year’s Roundtable will consist of two panels and a keynote speaker. The first panel will discuss the relevance and importance of safe harbour screens and structural presumptions in civil matters. The second panel will discuss various issues in considering efficiencies in merger review. The Keynote speaker will be Lilla Csorgo, T.D. MacDonald Chair, Competition Bureau. She will speak to her role within the Bureau and her interests and priorities going forward.

Introduction

• Ian Cass, Brattle & Chair, Economics and Law Committee
• Alexa Gendron-O’Donnell, Associate Deputy Commissioner, Economic Analysis Directorate, Competition Bureau

Panel 1

Moderator

Andrew Kowalczyszyn, Economist, Competition Bureau

Speakers

Huy Do, Fasken

Paul Johnson, Rideau Economics

Koren Wong-Ervin, Axinn

Panel 2

Moderator

Chris Margison, Fasken

Speakers

Michael Caldecott, McCarthy Tetrault

Lilla Csorgo, T.D. MacDonald Chair, Competition Bureau

Andy Harington, Brattle

Tom Ross, UBC Sauder School of Business

Agenda