An investigation by the federal watchdog concluded that Kalibrate’s fine-grained information about gas-station sales could help Canadian retailers keep prices higher than they would otherwise be. The company has agreed to make only aggregate data available to its Canadian fuel-retail customers and to delay its release by at least 10 business days, the bureau said. (The Logic)

Talking point: Kalibrate’s fuel data included “station-level grade-specific sales volumes and spot prices,” the Competition Bureau found. The investigation began in 2024 under then-commissioner Matthew Boswell; he told The Logic that year that he worried about digital tools making it easier for supposed competitors to share information at a remove—like through a third-party data platform or AI agents—that would be clearly illegal to exchange directly. The bureau has previously looked into services that share data among landlords, but concluded there was no problem that justified intervention.

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