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PIAC appoints two new directors
PIAC is pleased to announce the appointment of Shelley Robinson and Rene Kimmett to its Board of Directors. Together, they bring a wealth of experience in consumer protection matters and not-for-profit governance. Shelley was elected as the Board’s Vice-Chair and Rene was elected as the Board’s Secretary. Great news, as we approach our 50th anniversary […]
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TELUS $2.95 Long Distance Access Charge Defeated
Media Release and Backgrounder [pdf file: 0.05mb] April 17, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TELUS $2.95...
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Ontario Natural Gas Customers to Pay $100 Million More Annually to Texas-based Owner of Union Gas
(Ottawa—16/04/08)— In a one sentence decision issued late yesterday, the Ontario Cabinet rejected an appeal...
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Make airlines advertise the real price
(PIAC – 19/03/08)—In the wake of CBC’s Feb. 27 Marketplace show, the Travel Protection Initiative...
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CRTC Says You Can Keep Your VoIP Number
On February 1, 2008, the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) decided that voice over IP...
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Complaint about Telephone, Cellphone, or Internet Services?
If you have a problem with your telephone, cellphone, or Internet service and could not...
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PIAC Criticizes Industry Canada’s Privacy Comments
On January 15, 2008, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) criticized Industry Canada’s comments regarding...
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The Big Grab and How to Fight It
In 2002, the CRTC set the telephone rates, for the next 4 years, for almost...
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Consumers Finally Have Somewhere to Complain about Telephone, Internet and Cellphone Service
Attention: News/Telecommunications editors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 20, 2007 (OTTAWA) – The Public Interest Advocacy...
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Media Release: Union Gas Gobbles Up Ontario Storage Competitors
For Immediate Release November 29, 2007 Recent announcements by Texas-based multinational corporation, Spectra Energy Inc.,...
