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Samuelson-Glushko
Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic Clinique d'intérêt public et de politique d'internet du Canada Samuelson-Glushko 
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In late July, 2007, CIPPIC followed the lead of public interest groups in the USA and Europe by asking Canadian competition authorities [1] to review the proposed merger of Google and DoubleClick on the grounds that it will substantially prevent or lessen competition in the online targeted advertising market. Our concerns are that Google-DoubleClick will be able to manipulate the market to raise advertising prices, and advertisers and web publishers will have to choose Google-DoubleClick in order to be visible in the e-commerce market.
Links:
[1] http://www.cippic.ca/uploads/Google-DC_s.9_CompAct_complaint_FINAL.pdf
[2] https://cippic.ca/en/../../../../uploads/Google-DC_s.9_CompAct_complaint_FINAL.pdf
[3] https://cippic.ca/en/../../../../uploads/file/CIPPIC_Media_Release_-_Google-DoubleClick_-_Competition_Filing_-_02August2007.pdf
[4] http://www.epic.org/privacy/ftc/google/
[5] http://www.epic.org/privacy/ftc/google/epic_complaint.pdf
[6] http://www.epic.org/privacy/ftc/google/supp_060607.pdf
[7] http://www.epic.org/privacy/ftc/google/beuc_062707.pdf