The playbook · Edition 016 · Canada

“Any person may apply”: Canada’s free private antitrust filing, and the gate the Tribunal built in front of it

The step-by-step playbook behind Canada’s Competition Tribunal has not granted a private applicant leave since 2015.

What is inside

1. The one-page conclusion
2. Phase A · Standing it up
3. Phase B · The leave affidavit, and the third branch
4. Phase C · The three timelines
5. Fees and venues
6. The rules that govern it
7. The application, end to end
8. Records and the diligence pack
9. Counterparties and dependencies
10. Who is responsible for what
11. Risk, gates and the long watch
12. The pre-assessment in full
13. Cost, timeline and break-even
14. Launch checklist and the 30 / 60 / 90
15. Not yet verified
16. Sources