Our rights as consumers Flashcards
how can we make consumer protections more efficient and easier to navigate?
Unifying agencies dealing with consumer
rights within a federal ministry responsible
for Consumer Affairs.
how can we better protect consumers in federally regulated industries with fewer players or options?
Strengthening the Competition Bureau to
protect consumers in federally-regulated
industries like banking, energy, airlines,
telecommunications, and pharmaceuticals.
what is our stance on predatory lending?
Restricting abusive lending practices,
aggressive credit-marketing and unfair
interest rates.
How can we protect consumers of telecommunications and television services?
Preventing abusive rates for cable services, cell
phones, and banking.
How can we force banks to be more transparent?
e Requiring the Consumer Finance Industry to
provide clearer, easy-to-understand disclosure
of the real costs of credit cards, store cards and
alternative financial service loans.
How can we police excessive interest rates and atm fees?
Granting federal financial regulators the
power to identify and cap excessive interest
rates on credit cards, store cards, alternative
financial service loans and other forms of
consumer credit.
Granting federal financial regulators the power
to cap excessive automated teller machine fees
at a level that balances the need for consumer
protection against predatory fees and ease of
accessibility for consumers.
How can we protect the travelling public ?
Protecting the travelling public by enacting an
Airline Passenger Bill of Rights.
How can we improve the safety of imported consumer products?
Expanding the authority of Health Canada
to ensure the safety of imported consumer
products, including through enhanced
inspections
How can we improve knowledge of what we are consuming?
Improving product labelling concerning
origin, production methods and genetic
modifications.
