Elijah Maubert on Algorithmic Pricing | CBC Listen

keith.baybayon@mcgill.ca — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:47:46 +0000

April 2, 2026 | MPP'25 Elijah Maubert spoke to CBC about algorithmic pricing as Manitoba moves to ban the tactic under Bill 49. Drawing on a 2025 Max Bell Policy Lab project co-authored for the Competition Bureau of Canada, Maubert weighs both sides: AI pricing can help smaller firms compete, but it can also produce unintentional collusion when competitors rely on the same software.