Canada enters the chat: in a filing in the FTC's Microsoft/Activision case, Canada's Competition Bureau says it told the companies last month about its concerns about the deal pic.twitter.com/NeDf9V4vVE
— Leah AntiTrustButVer1fy Nylen (@leah_nylen) June 29, 2023
Canada coming to FTC's rescue, Lol.
(IIRC Canada is part of some sort of North American Competition thing which includes America, Mexico and Canada so this support isn't surprising).
It still isn't a block, because they lapsed the time on that, Microsoft can still technically close in Canada but I suppose FTC asked Canada for their support and they gave it them to hope that FTC can block the deal.
Meanwhile Canada also approved this: Timeline: Canada gives final nod on C$20 bln Rogers-Shaw merger | Reuters
They just allowed 2 of the top 5 Telecomm companies to merge with each other, Lol.
