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Canadian Consumers Need More Protection Dealing with “Free” Services
OTTAWA, March 26, 2014–Canadian consumers have little protection should they encounter a problem or become involved in a dispute with online free service providers, according to a report released today by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) entitled, No Such Thing as a Free Lunch: Consumer Contracts and “Free” Services. The report points to the […]
Consumer Groups demand monthly bill detail by Bell and Aliant – Supplementary comments
Ms. Diane Rheaume Secretary-General Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission Ottawa, ON K1A 0N2 BY FAX AND EMAIL Dear Ms. Rheaume: Re: Follow-up to Decision CRTC 2002-34: Monthly Detailed Billing Statements Comments of The Consumer Groups on Bell and Aliant Interrogatory Responses 1. We are in receipt of responses from Bell and Aliant to Commission interrogatories […]
Consumer Groups demand monthly bill detail by Bell and Aliant
Ms. Diane Rheaume Secretary-General Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission Ottawa, ON K1A 0N2 BY FAX AND EMAIL Dear Ms. Rheaume: Re: Follow-up to Decision CRTC 2002-34: Detailed Billing Statements 1. In para.805 of Decision 2002-34, the Commission initiated a process to determine whether Bell Canada and Aliant Telecom should be required to provide itemized billing […]
https://www.piac.ca/research-reports/consumer-groups-demand-monthly-bill-detail-by-bell-and-aliant/
Consumer groups call for telemarketing controls
CRTC Public Notice 2001-34: Telemarketing Rules Comments of Action Réseau Consommateur, the Consumers’ Association of Canada, and Fédération des Associations Coopératifs d’économie familiale (“ARC et al”) 1. The following comments are submitted on behalf of Action Réseau Consommateur, Fédération des associations coopératives d’économie familiale du Québec, and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (“ARC et al”) […]
https://www.piac.ca/research-reports/consumer-groups-call-for-telemarketing-controls/
Public Interest News: Sept. 2008 – Feb. 2009
Astronomical Ontario payday loan cost cap: PIAC (PIAC-10/02/09) “Ontario should cap the cost of payday loans at $21 for every $100 borrowed and review that limit in two years, an independent advisory board has concluded,” the Canadian Press reported on Feb. 6. “The $21 proposal is “astronomically high” and a “gift to payday lenders,” said […]
https://www.piac.ca/research-reports/public-interest-news-sept-2008-feb-2009/
Travel Protection Initiative slams airline advertising decision
(June 20-2008)—Today the Travel Protection Initiative, a coalition of Canada’s travel industry and consumer groups, responded to federal Transport minister’s Lawrence Cannon’s submission this week to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure and Communities that he would not bring into effect the provision of Bill C-11 passed in June of last year […]
https://www.piac.ca/2008/07/20/travel-protection-initiative-slams-airline-advertising-decision/
PIAC application to CRTC for disclosure by telcos of long distance rates
Ms. Diane Rheaume Secretary-General Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission Ottawa, ON K1A 0N2 BY COURIER AND EMAIL Dear Ms. Rheaume: Re: Part VII Application by PIAC for enforcement of CRTC ruling regarding Basic Toll rate disclosure by ILECs, 1. The following is an application made pursuant to sections 24, 48, 51, 55, 56, 57 and […]
International Trade Negotiations (July 1999)
INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS: COMMENTS ON APPROPRIATE POSITIONS AND OBJECTIVES FOR CANADA Public Interest Advocacy Centre General The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) represents the interests of Canadian residential consumers, with special attention to low income, senior, rural and other vulnerable groups. PIAC has particular expertise in the fields of public utility regulation, telecommunications, banking, consumer […]
https://www.piac.ca/research-reports/international-trade-negotiations-july-1999/
