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Public Interest News: March – June 2007
PUBLIC INTEREST NEWS June 20, 2007 Consumer Groups appeal Ontario Energy Board’s Billion Dollar Giveaway (PIAC 20/6/07)—The Vulnerable Energy Consumers Coalition, (VECC) together with the Consumers Council of Canada (CCC) and the Industrial Gas Users Association (IGUA) today appealed the decision of the Ontario Energy Board to allow Union Gas Limited to keep all revenues […]
https://www.piac.ca/research-reports/public-interest-news-march-june-2007/
Media Release: Consumer Groups appeal Ontario Energy Board¹s Billion Dollar Giveaway
Attention: News/Business Editors Consumer Groups appeal Ontario Energy Board¹s Billion Dollar Giveaway (OTTAWA)—The Vulnerable Energy Consumers Coalition, (VECC) together with the Consumers Council of Canada (CCC) and the Industrial Gas Users Association (IGUA) today appealed the decision of the Ontario Energy Board to allow Union Gas Limited to keep all the revenues from natural gas […]
Media Release: Consumer Groups appeal Ontario Energy Board's Billion Dollar Giveaway
June 19, 2007 For Immediate Release Attention: News/Business Editors Consumer Groups appeal Ontario Energy Board’s Billion Dollar Giveaway (OTTAWA)—The Vulnerable Energy Consumers Coalition, (VECC) together with the Consumers Council of Canada (CCC) and the Industrial Gas Users Association (IGUA) today appealed the decision of the Ontario Energy Board to allow Union Gas Limited to keep […]
Opinion Piece: Bill C-11 – A Unique Opportunity for Airline Passengers
By Michael Janigan, Executive Director and General Counsel, PIAC A few weeks ago, Transport Canada and hundreds of airline passengers across Canada dodged another bullet with the cessation of regular domestic flights by Canjet Airlines. Unlike Jetsgo, which slunk off into financial oblivion without notice, leaving ticketed passengers in the lurch, Canjet arranged for an […]
Identity Theft News and Links
Competition Bureau To Spearhead First International Anti-Fraud Public Education Campaign (March 2, 2004) Identity Theft Fact Sheet from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Business Services Fact Sheet on ID Theft Consumer Measures Committee – Identity Theft – Information for Consumers Resolution 2002-02 of the Canadian Association of […]
https://www.piac.ca/research-reports/identity-theft-news-and-links/
Identity Theft Insurance – Miserly Upon Misery
This report examines the nascent identity theft insurance market and related consumer service of “credit monitoring”. The report concludes that the present product offerings of both identity theft insurance and credit monitoring are flawed in that a major component of each is already provided free to consumers who are aware of it. Identity theft insurance […]
https://www.piac.ca/research-reports/identity-theft-insurance-miserly-upon-misery/
PIAC REPORT: National Identity Cards, Biometrics and the Consumer: Displacing the Personal from the Person
As Canada continues to bolster national security post September 11th, and consumer commerce becomes increasingly jeopardized by identity theft, a National Identity Card scheme has been discussed as a potential solution. However, critics charge that National Identity Cards could turn into “de facto internal passports” which would be required to access almost all government or […]
Consumers Question Need for Minister’s Direction to CRTC
Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 11, 2006 Consumers Question Need for Minister’s Direction to CRTC Poll Shows Canadians Opposed to Price Deregulation OTTAWA – Today’s announcement by the federal government Industry Minister Maxime Bernier opens the door to premature deregulation of local phone service say Canada’s major consumer groups. Charles Tanguay of the […]
https://www.piac.ca/2006/12/11/consumers-question-need-for-ministers-direction-to-crtc/
Bank Mergers and the Public Interest
This report looks at the rules and legislation that govern mergers of large Canadian banks from the consumer point of view and assesses how large bank mergers would likely affect consumers in relation to issues of access, choice and price of banking services. Large bank mergers are permitted in Canada, subject to a series of […]
https://www.piac.ca/research-reports/bank-mergers-and-the-public-interest/
Travellers' Protection Initiative
New National “Travellers’ Protection Initiative” Demands Government Protection for Airline Passengers Group says Bill C-44 must be strengthened TORONTO, June 2, 2005—A new Canada-wide alliance was announced today bringing together like-minded consumer protection and business groups to demand greater federal government protection for Canadian airline passengers. The initiative comes in the wake of the recent […]
https://www.piac.ca/2005/06/02/travellers-protection-initiative/
