Canada’s competition watchdog says it will fight a constitutional challenge from Google in a case alleging the tech giant abused its dominant position in the online advertising market.
New filings made in the case say the Competition Bureau will ask the Competition Tribunal to strike Google’s proposed motion to proceed with a constitutional challenge because the commissioner feels it is premature and without merit.
Constitutional challenges question acts that could violate someone’s rights or freedoms and often end up being precedent-setting.
Google’s challenge takes aim at the monetary penalty the bureau is asking the tech company pay, if it is found to have abused its dominant position in online advertising….