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PIAC: Don’t hold your breath waiting for lower phone bills
For immediate release Attention: News/Business Editors PIAC: Don’t hold your breath waiting for lower phone...
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Telecommunications: Consumers Need the Right Kind of Help
Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 24, 2007 Telecommunications: Consumers Need the Right Kind...
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Do Not Call List Rules to Protect Consumers
Ottawa – Tuesday, July 3, 2007 – Canada’s national Do Not Call Registry inched closer...
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PIAC slams BCE-Telus merger proposal
For immediate release Attention: News/Business editors PIAC slams BCE-Telus merger proposal (OTTAWA)—The Public Interest Advocacy...
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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...
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No consumer protection from misleading airline ads in C-11: PIAC
Attention: News/Business editors June 14, 2007 For Immediate Release No consumer protection from misleading airline...
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Media Release: CRTC Abandons Canadian Telephone Customers to Phone Companies’ Price Hikes
CRTC Abandons Canadian Telephone Customers to Phone Companies’ Price Hikes Ottawa – Monday, April 30,...
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Consumer Groups Oppose Bernier Plan to Deregulate Local Telephone Service
Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, January 15, 2007 Consumer Groups Oppose Bernier Plan to...
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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...