PIAC Media Releases
Consumer Protection Media Releases
- Bad Luck for Consumers: Supreme Court Leaves Online Consumers to Fend for Themselves
- Smart Regulation Will Need Public Input To Succeed
- Canadians Want Increased Consumer Protection For Internet Services
- The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) Calls for Government Action on AOL Time Warner Merger
- Consumers Finally to Get a Say in Some Basic Cable TV Prices
- Consumers Call for Legislated Protections
PIAC Wants Canadian Broadcasting to Serve the Consumer Not the Distributors
Tuesday, Apr 08, 2008(OTTAWA Apr. 8/08)—With hearings to consider changes in the way the CRTC regulates cable and satellite television companies or BDUs (Broadcasting Distribution Undertakings) starting today in Gatineau, PIAC called for less attention to the wishes of the industry, and more effort to deliver what the consumer wants. PIAC is one of more than seventy stakeholders including cable companies, ...