Canada’s Competition Bureau is suing Google for alleged anti-competitive conduct in its online advertising.

In a statement, the country’s antitrust watchdog alleged Google had illegally linked two advertising tools to maintain market supremacy and used this dominant position to distort ad auctions by preferring its own tools. The agency said it had filed an application with the Competition Tribunal, a court-like independent body, that would require Google to sell two of its ad technology tools.

In a statement Google said the complaint out of Canada “ignores the intense competition where ad buyers and sellers have plenty of choice and we look forward to making our case in court”.

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