Canada’s Competition Bureau is proceeding with a formal inquiry into Google Inc.’s search engine and advertising practices after a preliminary probe led investigators to believe the Silicon Valley giant could be abusing its position as the dominant search engine on the Web.
Earlier this week the Competition Bureau of Canada filed documents with the Federal Court of Canada requesting records from Google Canada that detail various aspects of the technology company’s search and advertising businesses in the country as part of an investigation into alleged anti-competitive practices at the search engine giant.
According to the documents, the Competition Commissioner of Canada has reason to believe that Google controls one or more markets related to Internet search and advertising services in Canada, and that the Mountain View, California-based company may have engaged in a number of anti-competitive acts in violation of Canadian law.
Matt Hartley – Financial Post – December 13, 2013.
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