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September 2000, Vol.7, No.2
Friday, Sep 01, 2000IN THIS ISSUE Local Telecommunications: Where's the Competition? Consumer Protection in ECommerce Moving Foward on Privacy New Report: Banking in Rural Canada: Ensuring Rural Consumers Have Adequate Service Proposed Rules for Payday Lenders Present a Dilemma for Consumer Advocates Local Telecommunications: Where's the Competition? If you were one of the many who thought that the ...
April 2000, Vol.7, No.1
Saturday, Apr 01, 2000IN THIS ISSUE Privacy Protection on the Way – Bill C-6 Finally Passes! Keeping Police Powers in Check Protecting Consumers Online: Standards for ECommerce Telecommunications Regulation: What's Up? Internet “Have” and “Have-nots” in Canada split along Social Class Lines! PRIVACY PROTECTION ON THE WAY – BILL C-6 FINALLY PASSES! After 1½ years ...
November, 1999 Vol.6, No.3
Tuesday, Nov 30, 1999IN THIS ISSUE Skies Wide Shut: Airline Competition on Standby No Prescription For Privacy: Druggist Misdiagnose Bill C-6 New Report: Utility Shopping – Are Consumers Ready? Summer Follies: CRTC's 411 Caper Skies Wide Shut: Airline Competition on Standby This fall, while the media was pre-occupied with the storyline of which airline was going to triumph in the takeover wars, PIAC ...
August, 1999 Vol.6, No.2
Sunday, Aug 01, 1999IN THIS ISSUE Consumers Benefit Through New Federal Banking Policies and Regulation Consumers Finally to Get a Say in Some Basic Cable TV Prices New Report: “Consumer Issues in Electronic Commerce” Legislated Privacy Protection Still in Limbo Consumers Benefit Through New Federal Banking Policies and Regulation For years, PIAC and other public interest groups in Canada have ...
May 1999 Vol.6, No.1
Saturday, May 01, 1999IN THIS ISSUE Action Alert: Personal Information Privacy in Peril! CRTC Holds New Media Hearing PIAC Working with Industry to Develop Code of Practice for E-Commerce Benefits of Long Distance Competition in Question Action Alert: Personal Information Privacy in Peril! You are undoubtedly aware of the increasing loss of control that we are all experiencing in respect of our personal ...
December 1998 Vol.5 No.2
Tuesday, Dec 01, 1998IN THIS ISSUE Banking Mergers: Consumers Safe From Mergers For Now But Continued Vigilance Needed! New PIAC Study Calls for Federal Funding, Better Co-ordination for Public Access to the Internet. Benefits of long distance competition in question. Tips to Save Money on Long Distance! Tips for Shopping On-Line! Banking Mergers: Consumers Safe From Mergers For Now But Continued Vigilance ...
October 1998 Vol.5 No.2
Thursday, Oct 01, 1998IN THIS ISSUE Telecom Service in High Cost Areas: Will it survive competition? Privacy Protection on the Way! Electronic Commerce and Consumer Protection CRTC holds hearings on Canadian Television Policy New Report: Tied Selling in Banking. Energy Competition Act Telecom Service in High Cost Areas: Will it survive competition? One of the problems with a competitive telecommunications ...
April 1998 Vol.5, No.1
Wednesday, Apr 01, 1998IN THIS ISSUE PIAC Advocates Stronger Privacy Laws Telco Price Caps Now In Effect CRTC Examines Telephone Service in High Cost Areas Banking on Consumer Power New Reports PIAC Advocates Stronger Privacy Laws The privacy of one's personal information is becoming increasingly difficult to protect in this age of computerization and globalization. Personal information (any information ...
December 1997 Vol.4 No.3
Monday, Dec 01, 1997IN THIS ISSUE 4-1-1 Charges Appealed Unlisted Number Service PIAC Commissions Special Study on Government's Plans to Auction Spectrum Ontario Government White Paper Proposes Change Amendments to the Telecommunications Act New Reports 4-1-1 Charges Appealed In October of this year, the CRTC released a decision on a Tariff Application of Bell Canada which has gone largely unnoticed by ...
August 1997 Vol.4 No.2
Friday, Aug 01, 1997IN THIS ISSUE SPECIAL FEATURE: Phone Rate Battle Rages Again. DID THE CRTC BLOW IT???? Proposed Cable Regulations May Leave Consumers Out of the Picture! Phase II IHAC Recommendations address Access Issues New Publications SPECIAL FEATURE: Phone Rate Battle Rages Again. As if consumers haven't been hit hard enough already by a series of increases to the price of basic residential ...
April 1997, Vol.4 No.1
Tuesday, Apr 01, 1997IN THIS ISSUE CRTC Abandons and Privatizes Community Channel Railway Abandonment Delayed Cable Competition Telephone Access: Key Survival Tool in Danger CRTC Abandons and Privatizes Community Channel On March 11, 1997, the CRTC released its much awaited new competition policy for broadcast distribution undertakings – (television broadcasting involving cable and Direct-to-Home ...
December 1996, Vol.2, No.3
Sunday, Dec 01, 1996IN THIS ISSUE CRTC Rejects Phone Company “Budget Services” Consumers make splash in CRTC Proceeding on Local Phone Competition CRTC Price Cap Proceeding – Can A Price Cap keep down local rates? CRTC Rejects Phone Company “Budget Services” Consumer groups celebrated a recent CRTC decision rejecting the notion that pay-per-use telephone service is an effective ...
September 1996, Vol.2, No.2
Sunday, Sep 01, 1996IN THIS ISSUE Competition in Cable TV Pending! Local Phone Service – Will You Have a Choice? Survey Shows Importance of Telephone Service Negative Option Marketing – Is It Dead? Competition in Cable TV Pending! On May 17, 1996 the CRTC issued a call for comments (CRTC 1996-69) on new rules which will permit competition in cable television. PIAC is representing the National ...
March 1996, Vol.2, No.1
Friday, Mar 01, 1996IN THIS ISSUE Pats Coalition takes on Phone Giants “Blueprint for Action” for Phone Battle Consumers Push for Real Competition in Telecommunications New PIAC study: Citizen Utility Boards – Can They Work in Canada? Ontario Government Ignores Public Process to Assist Utilities Pats Coalition takes on Phone Giants On February 15, 1996 a report that was both historic and ...
September 1995, Vol.1, No.2
Friday, Sep 01, 1995IN THIS ISSUE CRTC Convergence Report: Is GoodBad News for Consumers! Basic and Essential Service Consumers Make Waves at CRTC Hearing Local Competition Rules Next on Agenda Bell Canada Raises Prospect of Pay-as-you-go Local Service Deposit Insurance Report Released PIAC-Fights Telephone Company fee hikes. Consumer Protection Report Released. Information Highway Update! CRTC Convergence ...