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Ontario’s new procurement law is “protectionist theatre,” says public procurement lawyer

Mark Lowey
November 22, 2023

Ontario’s proposed law aimed at providing companies with greater access to public procurement is an ill-conceived “protectionist theatre show,” says prominent public procurement lawyer Paul Emanuelli.

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Organizations:	Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, Council of Canadian Innovators, Government of Ontario, Ontario Public Service, Ontario Treasury Board Secretariat, Supply Ontario, The Procurement Office, and Who's Who Legal
People:	Paul Emanuelli and Skaidra Puodžiūnas
Topics:	Building Ontario Business Initiative (BOBI), Building Ontario Business Initiative Act, Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), evaluative framework for BOBI, foreign direct investment in Ontario, individual and corporate taxes in Ontario, Ontario government's procurement spending, Ontario government's proposed law on procurement, Ontario's Employment Health Tax, Ontario's Industrial Regional Technology Benefit requirement, problems with BOBI, procurement regulations, protectionist practices, public procurement opportunities in Ontario, public procurement rules, risk of retaliatory sanctions from BOBI, and value-based procurement

Ontario’s new procurement law is “protectionist theatre,” says public procurement lawyer

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