Educating
Decision Makers
Work with policy-makers in other governmental
bodies
- Promote competition when other government agencies consider
amendments to their laws, practices and procedures
- Provide written briefs and/or attend international meetings
with government officials
- Provide formal input to Memoranda to Cabinet and other formal
government decision making documents
- Offer technical briefings to elected officials and
their staff in order to enhance their understanding of the
important role competition plays in the economy, including one-on-one
meetings with Ministers
- Invite participation/attendance of government officials and
other leaders in competition agency workshops/roundtables
- Notify government officials of competition agency actions and
news releases
- Develop and ensure close liaison with other national government
departments and international bodies on strategies and
plans
Work with stakeholders
- Identify stakeholders, including business groups,
consumer organizations, and industry associations
- Stay in regular contact with these groups and plan meetings
with their executive committees
- Share vehicles for educating citizens about the importance of
competition, such as newsletters and Web site links
- Keep stakeholders' lists up-to-date and ensure regular information
exchanges
- Hold roundtable information sessions on specific issues
in advance of or at the same time as key policy decisions and
announcements
Participate in opportunities to promote competition
- Make representations before government
boards to promote the benefits and increase awareness of competition
rules.
- Appear or provide written submissions on competition-related
matters to regulators and agencies when relevant
- Organize one-on-one meetings with key business people and
parliamentarians or meetings with small groups,
explaining the
competition
authority's role and rationale for a given position
Examples:
Under
sections 125 and 126 of Canada's Competition Act, the Commissioner
of Competition has the authorization to advocate competition
Sample letter to decision
makers from the Federal Trade Commission
[pdf format - 58KB]
An
Overview of Federal Trade Commission Antitrust Activities before
the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee
on Antitrust, Competition, and Business and Consumer Rights
Reauthorization
statement before United States Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs,
Foreign Commerce and Tourism
Federal
Trade Commission Fiscal Year 2004 Congressional Justification
[pdf format - 542KB]
Canadian Competition Bureau presentation to Parliamentarians
[pdf format - 3.56MB]
Note: Some of our documents are provided
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reader is provided.
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