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A response to the Ontario government public consultation ended December 9, 2022 on the rent-to-own model as a tool in achieving access to affordable housing.
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A response to the Ontario government public consultation ended December 9, 2022 on the rent-to-own model as a tool in achieving access to affordable housing.
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Consumers Council of Canada uses online questionnaires directed to its Public Interest Network (PIN) to help identify experiences and attitudes of consumers, and to help inform priority-setting for the Council. This report summarizes the views shared by PIN participants in August 2022. Current vi... More
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Consumers Council of Canada uses online questionnaires directed to its Public Interest Network (PIN) to help identify experiences and attitudes of consumers, and to help inform priority-setting for the Council. This report summarizes the views shared by PIN participants in August 2022. Current vi... More
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Inside this issue of Think Consumers, the e-periodical for consumer protection and empowerment professionals: Who acts when the 'predatory' lenders circle? Credit card surcharges on consumers Hung up on window blinds Buy now, pay later attracting regulation CBC Marketplace Anniversary Fin... More
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The British Columbia Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General has been conducting a review of a number of B.C.’s consumer protection laws. The purpose of the review is to determine whether the laws reflect practices in the modern marketplace and continue to maintain a good bala... More
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The British Columbia Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General has been conducting a review of a number of B.C.’s consumer protection laws. The purpose of the review is to determine whether the laws reflect practices in the modern marketplace and continue to maintain a good bala... More
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This document contains the response by the Consumers Council of Canada to the request by the Department of Finance of Canada for comments in Fall 2022 on the issue of High-Cost Installment Lending and its control through the use of Section 347 of the Criminal Code of Canada.
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This document contains the response by the Consumers Council of Canada to the request by the Department of Finance of Canada for comments in Fall 2022 on the issue of High-Cost Installment Lending and its control through the use of Section 347 of the Criminal Code of Canada.
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Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada asked for stakeholder input on its Minister’s proposal to issue a Direction to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on a Renewed Approach to Telecommunications Policy. This paper published in July 2022 provides C... More
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Inside this issue of Think Consumers, the e-periodical for consumer protection and empowerment professionals: Inflation – Like a horror movie franchise villain, inflation is back. Banking redress – Consumer input ‘suspended’ Find my car thief Right to repair moving s... More
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Consumers Council of Canada uses online questionnaires directed to its Public Interest Network (PIN) to help identify experiences and attitudes of consumers, and to help inform priority-setting for the Council. This report summarizes the views shared by PIN participants in May 2022. Current views... More
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Consumers Council of Canada uses online questionnaires directed to its Public Interest Network (PIN) to help identify experiences and attitudes of consumers, and to help inform priority-setting for the Council. This report summarizes the views shared by PIN participants in May 2022. Current views... More
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Inside this issue of Think Consumers: Oh pShaw! – The Competition Bureau makes its case that the Rogers-Shaw merger is anti-competitive. Who’s Fighting Fraud Anymore? – CBC reveals that the RCMP has shuttered its high profile international anti-fraud group Buy Now Pay Later... More
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Inside this issue of Think Consumers: Piecing together a federal consumer protection policy International efforts to regulate ‘buy now, pay later’ Ontario audits spotlight lack of accountability Quebec repeals stuffed goods protection Ontario politicians propose one-stop shop f... More
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Multiple threats to energy supply are emerging simultaneously. A transformation to a ‘green’ electricity grid amid rising energy demand, severe weather incidents and cyber security threats amounts to a perfect storm that place retail energy supply in peril. This Consumers Council of C... More
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