Competition Bureau pushes back on Google in market abuse suit

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The Competition Bureau pushed back on Google in its ongoing lawsuit over the tech giant’s advertising practices in Canada, accusing the company of seeking to mask its alleged anticompetitive conduct. 

In court documents filed Friday, Competition Commissioner Matthew Boswell repeated its previous allegations and said Google’s recent legal response describes an ad market that “ignores commercial reality.” 

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The filing comes after Google’s response in February, in which the company denied abusing its dominant position in the web advertising market and took issue with the bureau’s arguments. 

In its written response, Google disputed the bureau’s definition of the market, and said the financial penalty being sought is unconstitutional. 

The Competition Bureau is suing Google over alleged anticompetitive conduct in its online advertising business. It wants Google to sell two of its services and pay a penalty. 

The bureau has alleged that Google’s alleged abuse of its dominant position is discouraging competition, inhibiting innovation, inflating advertising costs and reducing publisher revenues.