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• Year: 2011
  • October
    • PIAC Letter to Minister of Finance re: Toronto Dominion’s Withdrawal from the Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments
    • Objection to the proposed incorporation of Rogers Communications Inc. to carry on the business of banking in Canada
    • An open letter to the G20 finance ministers and G20 leaders from Consumers International
  • July
    • PIAC Comments on the OBSI Consultation Paper Suitability and Loss Assessment Process
  • January
    • Consumers need more comprehensive protection against late payment penalties
• Year: 2010
  • November
    • Worldwide consumer organisations sign open letter to G20 calling for financial protection for “real people”
  • October
    • G20 Summit Seoul: PIAC asks PM to support protection measures for consumers of financial products
  • September
    • All along the watchtower: seeking the future of Canada’s payments system
  • June
    • Saskatchewan Payday Loan Rate Among Nation’s Highest; Will Hurt Most Vulnerable Consumers in Economic Downturn
  • January
    • Consumers Left Out in the Code
• Year: 2009
  • December
    • Regulate Financial Planners in the Public Interest
  • October
    • New PIAC Report Studies Importance of Credit Cards to Canadians
  • February
    • Proposed Ontario Payday Loan Rate Astronomically High
• Year: 2008
  • October
    • Are You Sure You Want to Continue? Consumer Authentication at the Crossroads
    • Consumer Group Report Reveals High-interest Borrowing Pitfalls
  • January
    • Comments regarding the creation of a new framework for electronic fund transfers in Canada
• Year: 2007
  • August
    • Government Must Go Further with Reform of Income Trusts Consumer Group Concludes
  • March
    • Credit Counselling: A Way Forward
    • Identity Theft Insurance – Miserly Upon Misery
• Year: 2006
  • February
    • Advocis/POLLARA Report on Canadian’s Views of Banks and Life and Health Insurance
    • CBA Research Report on Banks and Insurance: Canadian Attitudes toward Access to Insurance Information and Obligation to Purchase
    • Bank Mergers and the Public Interest
  • January
    • Credit Reporting: How Are Consumers Faring?
• Year: 2005
  • April
    • Bank Mergers Flash Presentation
  • February
    • Canadian Consumer Initiative Identity Theft Policy Position
  • January
    • Identity Theft News and Links
• Year: 2004
  • February
    • Automatic Teller fees
  • January
    • Financial Services
    • Payday Lender Responds to PIAC Report
    • Consumer Measures Committee
• Year: 2003
  • December
    • Pragmatic Solutions to Payday Lending: Regulating Fringe Lending and “Alternative Banking"
  • November
    • Identity Theft: The Need for Better Consumer Protection
    • PIAC RELEASES REPORT ON IDENTITY THEFT
    • Identity Theft as a Justification for a National Identity Card
  • April
    • Canadians Attitudes to Financial Services
    • PIAC comments on Ontario proposals for mutual fund disclosures
  • January
    • Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance
• Year: 2002
  • November
    • Fringe Lending and “Alternative Banking”?
    • “White-label” ATMs
  • March
    • Say NO to ATM Convenience Fees!
• Year: 2000
  • October
    • Speaking Notes on Bill C-38
  • September
    • Rural Bank Branch Closures
  • July
    • Comments on Bill C-38
  • June
    • PIAC Applauds New Financial Sector Legislation
• Year: 1999
  • December
    • Financial Service Sector Reform
    • Negative Option Marketing
  • November
    • Link to proposals
  • October
    • Time to cut up your debit card?
  • August
    • Consumers Benefit Through New Federal Banking Policies and Regulation
  • January
    • Future of the Canadian Financial Services Sector
• Year: 1998
  • October
    • Presentation
• Year: 1990
  • March
    • Credit Reporting
    • Identity Theft
    • Payday Lending
    • Banking
  • January
    • Links
    • PIAC Reports
    • PIAC Media Releases
    • Other PIAC Documents
• Year: 1969
  • December
    • Letter re ATM fees