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Public Interest News: G20 consumer protection / Le taux de pauvreté / ROE Ontario utilities / Digital locks / Canadian Payments Association / Aug. 31, 2011 / Recall unsafe products
PIAC Annual Dinner, Nov. 5: Featured Speaker, Ellen Roseman (PIAC 19/Oct/2010) The Public Interest Advocacy Centre cordially invites friends and colleagues to the PIAC Annual Dinner 2010. This year’s featured speaker is Ellen Roseman, the Toronto Star columnist for personal finance and consumer issues. Roseman is also the first public representative on the board of […]
PIAC calls CRTC deferral accounts decision a reasonable conclusion to a flawed regulatory adventure
The CRTC Decisions today concerning the disposition of funds in deferral accounts holding excess residential subscriber rates from the 2002-2006 price cap period that were maintained by Bell Canada, TELUS, and MTS was called “a reasonable conclusion to a flawed regulatory adventure”, by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) that represented consumers throughout a process […]
Public Interest News: Shaw’s Canwest / High-speed internet for everyone / Net wars / Net consent / Internet regulation / Aeroplan / Rogers Netflix
Shaw Canwest purchase: A negative outcome for broadcasting diversity (PIAC 24/August/2010) Telus Corp. is warning that Shaw’s $2-billion purchase of Canwest’s broadcasting assets could lead to an abuse of market power, and is asking regulators to maintain a vigilant eye on what the cable firm does with its newfound content properties. … There is also […]
Bell Canada Touch-Tone Overcharge Reversed
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today welcomed the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s (CRTC) decision on May 19 to reverse “Touch-Tone” charges imposed unilaterally by Bell Canada (Bell) on certain of its local telephone customers. The CRTC’s decision requires Bell to refund to all customers who have had rotary dial phone service since 1993 […]
https://www.piac.ca/research-reports/bell-canada-touch-tone-overcharge-reversed/
Public Interest News: Google privacy / Behavioural-targeted marketing / Cloud computers / Les frais de transactions / 900,000 TVs
Privacy watchdogs slam Google: A pattern of neglect (PIAC 28/April/2010) Canada’s Privacy Commissioner organized 10 countries to send an open letter to Google CEO Eric Schmidt and issue a stern warning to the search giant and other firms to comply with international privacy laws or face enforcement measures. … The group signed an open letter […]
Consumers Left Out in the Code
(OTTAWA)— Consumers will face higher transaction costs and lose consumer rights in debit and credit payment transactions if the Minister of Finance’s Draft Code of Conduct for the Credit and Debit Card Industry in Canada is implemented, says the Public Interest Advocacy Centre. PIAC yesterday filed its comments on the draft Code, stating that: “Implementation […]
https://www.piac.ca/research-reports/consumers-left-out-in-the-code/
Public Interest News: Supreme Court decision today / Curb those extra fees / Basic telecom / La manière forte / Industry cell calculator / More TV fees / Trade deals: No texts
$650 million overcharge: Supreme Court decision expected today (PIAC 18/09/09) Michael Janigan, executive director of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, will be available to comment on the “Deferral Accounts” decision expected to be handed down by the Supreme Court of Canada today. Janigan, acting for Canada Without Poverty (formerly the National Anti-Poverty Organization) and the […]
Public Interest News: Interprovincial trade / Cell complaints / Cell rates / Belus: Probable fusion / TV fees up in September / Copyright Consultation / Merchant Processing Fees / La surtaxe de carburant
Interprovincial trade and the consumer interest: New report (PIAC 20/08/09) Next week PIAC will release “The Consumer Perspective of Trade & Commerce Powers”, a report that examines the use of federal trade and commerce powers to regulate interprovincial trade and the consumer interest in interprovincial trade. In recent years, there have been increasing political efforts […]
Public Interest News: Globalive / Net throttling / 10 pillars of consumer protection / Quebec Consumer Protection Act / Ontario Consumer Services ministry
CRTC to fast-track its review of Globalive (PIAC 23/07/09) The CRTC will examine Globalive’s finances Sept. 22-23 with a decision in 30 days, the Canadian Press reported on July 21. In 2008 the company paid the federal government $442 million for wireless spectrum with the idea of launching the beginnings of its cell phone network […]
Public Interest News: Energy recovery fee / Canada: Land of payday loan opportunity / Flyers' rights / Energy marketers / Net throttling / Travel Industry Council of Ontario / Basic basic TV
Car rental fees: Air conditioning excise tax, vehicle license fee, road tax (PIAC 20/05/09) “Ever heard of the energy recovery fee. We find three giants charging the fee, so what’s it for? Budget, Hertz and Avis tell us it helps cover costs like utilities, oil and grease,” the National reported on May 14. “Not all […]
