BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250928T202022EDT-4994Rbv112@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250929T002022Z DESCRIPTION:Authors and competition policy experts Denise Hearn and Vass Be dnar draw on their new book\, The Big Fix: How Companies Capture Markets a nd Harm Canadians \, to discuss the dynamic between market freedom\, regul atory frameworks\, and innovation\, and how these elements combine to shap e the markets of today and tomorrow. The lecture will be followed by an in terview by investigative journalist Justin Ling.\n\nThis lecture is free a nd open to the public. The first 100 attendees will receive a copy of The Big Fix.\n\nThe Government’s Role in Freeing Markets: Challenging Corporat e Red Tape\n\nWe often think of regulatory ‘red tape’ getting in the way o f an entrepreneur’s success. But increasingly\, the largest companies act as private regulators – controlling the infrastructure of commerce\, setti ng market rules in their favour\, and stifling innovation. In the second 2 024 91ֱ Max Bell lecture\, Denise Hearn and Vass Bednar emphasise the c ritical role of the government in ensuring markets remain free and fair\, balancing productivity\, innovation\, job creation\, and supporting indepe ndent businesses and scale-ups. This conversation will touch on the mixed promise of generative AI and the surprising implications of this new techn ology for competition.  \n\nThis lecture is essential for entrepreneurs\, policymakers\, academics\, and anyone interested in understanding the dyna mic between market freedom\, regulatory frameworks\, and innovation. Join us to discover how these elements combine to shape the markets of today an d tomorrow.\n\nThe Authors\n\nVass Bednar is the Executive Director of McM aster University's MPP in Digital Society program. Her work focuses on the intersection(s) between public policy and technology. She contributes to policy discussions in Canada through her affiliations as a Senior Fellow a t the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)\, a Fellow at the Public Policy Forum (PPF)\, opinion editorials in the Globe and Mail a nd the Financial Post\, and her popular newsletter 'regs to riches.' Vass was recently recognized as a Globe and Mail Report on Business “Changemake r” for her work describing Cineplex’s unique monopolization and calling ou t shady apps on Shopify. She is a graduate of McMaster's Arts & Science pr ogram and holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of Toronto. She is the host of the Globe and Mail's podcast\, Lately.\n\nDenise Hearn  is a writer and applied researcher who advises governments\, financial ins titutions\, companies\, and nonprofits on antitrust\, economic policy\, an d new economic thinking. She is currently a Resident Senior Fellow at the  Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment\, a joint center of Columbia Uni versity Law School and Columbia Climate School. Denise co-authored The Myt h of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition – named one of th e Financial Times’ Best Books of 2018. Her writing has been translated int o 10 languages and featured in major publications globally. She currently authors the Embodied Economics newsletter. Denise has an MBA from the Oxfo rd Saïd Business School and a BA in International Studies from Baylor Univ ersity.\n\nThe Lectures\n\nThe 91ֱ Max Bell Lectures: Economic Ideas fo r a Stronger Canada is an annual Canada-wide lecture series that focuses e ach year on an economic policy challenge that impacts the lives of Canadia ns. This year we turn our attention to competition policy and spotlight wr iters and competition policy experts Vass Bednar and Denise Hearn who in t heir book and accompanying lectures help us think about how markets are ma de and remade\, the importance and limitations of present-day competition policy\, and the need to reconsider the optimal role of the Canadian state in moderating corporate behaviour.\n\nCan't join us in Montreal? Denise a nd Vass will be in Vancouver on October 15 and in Toronto on October 29.\n DTSTART:20241024T210000Z DTEND:20241024T230000Z LOCATION:CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2R6\, Hotel Omni Mont-Royal (Salon Pierre -de-Coubertin)\, 1050 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest SUMMARY:The Government’s Role in Freeing Markets: Challenging Corporate Red Tape URL:/maxbellschool/channels/event/governments-role-fre eing-markets-challenging-corporate-red-tape-359843 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR