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New Brunswick Introduces New Consumer Protection Legislation
New Brunswick’s government introduced a bill to create a new Consumer Protection Act to provide broad protection for consumers...
New Citizens Minister Gets a Job Description
The Prime Minister’s office delivered a new mandate letter to Minister of Citizens’ Service Terry Beech, giving the new minister...
Canada’s Competition Policy Reform Ticks Forward
Canada’s federal government introduced 30 pages of amendments to the Competition Act, in an omnibus bill following its Fall...
New Grocery Code Struggles to Gain Retailer Support
Mixed support for a new code of conduct for Canadian grocers focus on two key questions: Is it voluntary, and will it lower...
Non-Disclosed Mortgage Discharge Fees Draw $1.6 Million Penalty
Failure for more than 10 years to properly disclose all the costs of discharging a mortgage led to a $1.6 million penalty...