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Competition Bureau appoints professor as advisor on digital economy

News | 07/10/2024 3:31 pm EDT
Heski Bar-Isaac. Photo courtesy of University of Toronto Rotman School of Management.
Heski Bar-Isaac. Photo courtesy of University of Toronto Rotman School of Management.

The Competition Bureau has brought on an expert in economics for a short-term position as part of its efforts to boost competition in digital and platform markets, while it continues investigations such as those into Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Amazon.com Inc.

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