Name: Networks in Canadian transportation – do they create barriers to entry?
Start: 2025-05-26T13:30:00-0400
End: 2025-05-26T13:50:00-0400

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Monday May 26, 2025 1:30pm - 1:50pm EDT

Desmarais 1160

The term "barrier to entry' was popularized in the economic jargon after Joe Bain's treatise on the subject though it was used as a strategy to deter competition as long as one can remember. The concern about barriers to entry has been a major concern with politicians and antirust policy makers who are concerned about the state of competition in the economy. Recently, the Competition Bureau in Canada launched an inquiry into competition into the domestic air passenger service followed by the US Department of Justice and Department of Transport. The Bureau plans to examine barriers to entry and expansion as part of the scope of its study. While this initiative provides some motive in part for this paper, it goes beyond this to all transportation networks. This paper begins by briefly examining the definition and treatment of barriers to entry in Canada, it then examines a few studies on the subject followed with our opinion on these barriers in Canada and concludes with policy implications.

Speakers

Barry Prentice

University of Manitoba

Anna Robak

Executive Director, Research & Innovation, WSP Canada

Passionate about designing a built environment that creates wealth and improves quality of life for all.Civil Engineer and Economist with a Asset Management backgroundMentor in the IBET program (Indigenous Black Engineering Technology)Adjunct Professor at UNB

25. Prentice CTRF25 Barriers to entry(3)(1) pdf

Monday May 26, 2025 1:30pm - 1:50pm EDT
Desmarais 1160 55 Laurier Ave E, Ottawa ON K1N 6N5

Enabling competitive supply chains

CTRF 2025

Barry Prentice

Anna Robak

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