http://www.piac.ca The Public Interest Advocacy Centre en-us Copyright 2005 2010-03-11T09:38:34-05:00 hourly Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:19:00 -0500 http://www.piac.ca/telecom/piac_comments_on_the_telecommunications_foreign_ownership_provisions_in_the_budget/ PIAC has been asked about the effect of the loosening of foreign ownership rules on Canadian subsidiaries in the telecommunications market. PIAC is not in a position to comment from the standpoint of matters such as employment, taxation, research and development, or cultural sovereignty. PIAC’s comments are directed to the possible effect on the position of the consumer in the telecommunications ... Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:00:00 -0500 http://www.piac.ca/telecom/consumer_groups_call_for_better_telecommunications_services_for_all_canadians/ Led by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre in Ottawa, a coalition of consumer groups will make submissions on behalf of consumers to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) during a consultation to review access to basic telecommunications services in Canada. This is an opportunity to ask the CRTC to make changes to protect consumers, as the telecommunications ... Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:00:00 -0500 http://www.piac.ca/other/public_interest_news_rogers_regulation_mauvais_service_chez_bell_canada_is_your_teen_on_nexopia_credit_cards_la_loi_60_globalive_net_neutrality/ Rogers asks CRTC for regulations to help collect unpaid bills (PIAC 27/Jan/2010) “Customers porting out mid-contract with unpaid balances are costing Rogers, and most probably other wireless carriers as well, millions of dollars each year,” the company said in its letter. “The task of collecting these unpaid balances is made much more difficult once a customer ports their ... Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:52:00 -0500 http://www.piac.ca/financial/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 of some of the Draft’s ... Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:33:00 -0500 http://www.piac.ca/privacy/piac_files_privacy_complaint_against_nexopia/ (OTTAWA)— The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), a consumer advocacy group based in Ottawa, yesterday asked the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to investigate alleged violations of Canadian privacy law by Nexopia.com Inc., creator of the Edmonton-based popular youth and teen social networking site, Nexopia. PIAC’s 35 page complaint identified six Nexopia privacy practices that it says ... Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:27:00 -0500 http://www.piac.ca/financial/regulate_financial_planners_in_the_public_interest/ (OTTAWA)— The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) called upon the provinces to regulate the practice of “financial planning” in a report released today entitled, “Holding The Purse Strings: Regulating Financial Planners.” PIAC’s report noted that the practice of financial planning in Canada is comprised of several self-regulating bodies, except in the province of Quebec where these services ... Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:08:00 -0500 http://www.piac.ca/telecom/piac_says_government_issues_contradictory_broadband_and_wireless_globalive_decisions/ While consumers welcome the Cabinet decision to allow Globalive to enter the wireless market, overturning an earlier CRTC decision, the two other decisions on Cabinet Appeals, effectively ensure the broadband market in Canada will remain a duopoly for some time to come. The two broadband decisions involve issues associated with the obligation of incumbent providers such as Bell Canada, Telus, ... Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:15:00 -0500 http://www.piac.ca/consumers/piac_opposes_amendments_to_consumer_product_safety_bill_c_6/ December 7, 2009 VIA E-Mail and Mail The Honourable Art Eggleton Chair, Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology Room 804, Victoria Bldg. Ottawa, ON K1A 0A4 Dear Senator Eggleton: RE: Bill C-6 – The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology Twelfth Report The Public Interest Advocacy Centre is a non-profit organization, established ... Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:10:00 -0500 http://www.piac.ca/privacy/tracking_consumers_online_behavioural_targeted_advertising_and_a_do_not_track_list_in_canada/ (OTTAWA)— The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today released a report entitled “A ‘Do Not Track List’ for Canada?”, that examines online behavioural targeted advertising and online behavioural tracking. This practice consists of tracking consumers’ online activities to target advertising to individual consumers based on their online history, preferences and attributes. In recent years, ... Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:01:00 -0500 http://www.piac.ca/telecom/canadian_consumers_need_more_net_neutrality/ (OTTAWA)— The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today called for more consideration of consumer rights to “net neutrality” in a report entitled “Staying Neutral: Canadian Consumers and the Fight for Net Neutrality.” PIAC’s report called on federal legislators and policymakers to protect consumers’ rights to “use their Internet connection to access the lawful content, applications or ... Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:07:00 -0500 http://www.piac.ca/telecom/review_of_globalive_wireless_management_corp_under_the_canadian_ownership_and_control_regime/ November 20, 2009 Minister of Industry The Honourable Tony Clement 235 Queen Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0H5 Dear Minister: Re: CRTC Telecom Decision 2009 -678 Review of Globalive Wireless Management Corp. under the Canadian ownership and control regime The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) has been engaged in interventions on behalf of ordinary and vulnerable Canadian consumers in ... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:30:00 -0500 http://www.piac.ca/information/project_team/ PIAC Project Research Team [pdf file: 0.17mb]