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Transport
Airline fees, services, advertising and on-time performance
Wednesday, May 02, 2012Senate Standing Committee on Transport and Communications April 3, 2012 Speaking notes Michael Janigan Executive Director and General Counsel Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) Ottawa, ON Introduction The Public Interest Advocacy Centre, (PIAC) is a national non-profit organization based in Ottawa that attempts to provide representation, research and support for the position of the ...
Transport Canada Finally Agrees to Implement All-in Pricing for Air Fares
Friday, Dec 16, 2011(Ottawa) The Public Interest Advocacy Centre, a member of the travel industry and consumer coalition the Travel Protection Initiative (TPI) that pushed for all-in price advertising for airline prices in the previous decade, expressed its satisfaction that Transport Canada will finally move ahead to implement the legislation that mandates airline regulations to provide a ticket price to ...
Links to PIAC Media Releases on Transport
Tuesday, Jul 15, 2008Transport Media Releases Travel Protection Initiative slams airline advertising decision No consumer protection from misleading airline ads in C-11: PIAC New National “Travellers’ Protection Initiative” Demands Government Protection for Airline Passengers Common Sense Protection in Light of Jetsgo Collapse Make airlines advertise the real price PIAC and Option ...
Travel Protection Initiative slams airline advertising decision
Friday, Jun 20, 2008(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 ...
Links to PIAC Reports on Transport
Tuesday, Apr 22, 2008Transport Reports The Life and Times of Airline Travel in Canada The Restructured Airline Market in Canada