Co-Chair of the CBA Competition Law Spring Conference, Pascale Dionne-Bourassa was featured on the Counterfactual podcast produced by The Canadian Bar Association. Pascale, along with Joshua Krane of McMillan LLP, shares key insights from the Montreal conference, which was titled Old Port – New Tech: Exploring the Future.

Hosted by Ian Macdonald of Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP, this episode covers pivotal discussions on private access in Canada, AI advancements and the impacts of competition law on innovation. Highlights from the episode include:

• a look at how private access represents a new frontier in Canadian competition law;
• insights from a fireside chat with Canada's leading AI experts;
• the distinctions between abuse of dominance and unfair competition; and
• an exploration of whether competition law and Canada’s foreign investment review enable or hinder innovation.

The full podcast is available on the Counterfactual podcast’s website.