Matthew Boswell tapped as competition commissioner

OTTAWA - Matthew Boswell has been appointed commissioner of competition for a five-year term after serving as its interim commissioner since May 2018.Boswell first joined the Bureau in January 2011 and became senior deputy commissioner the following year where he led numerous merger reviews and directed major investigations targeting criminal cartels, abuse of dominance and deceptive marketing practices. In 2017, he began a one-year assignment as senior deputy commissioner, mergers and monopolistic practices.Before joining the Bureau, he was senior litigation counsel in the enforcement branch at the Ontario Securities Commission, and also worked as an Assistant Crown Attorney in Toronto.“I congratulate...