Opinion: Nordstar-Postmedia merger could define legacy of Competition Bureau’s Matthew Boswell

A challenge of Nordstar-Postmedia could be a chance for Mr. Boswell to redefine his legacy in a market potentially more consequential for Canada’s democracy than for our economy.

No surprise to watchers of the Rogers-Shaw saga, any challenge to the proposed newspaper merger will be an uphill battle. Unlike in the United States, Canada’s competition law has not valued alandscape for its own sake. Instead, previous cases have focused on competition in advertising markets that newspapers now play a relatively small role in compared with digital advertising giants Google and Meta.

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