Canadian consumers may finally be seeing the dawning of a new golden age of regulatory protections – After years of being left to the figurative wolves, Canadian consumers may finally be seeing the dawning of a new golden age as far as regulatory protections go.
First, there’s the federal government with its increasingly pro-consumer stance, then there’s the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission and its similarly emergent attitude. Now, a third and somewhat surprising force – the Competition Bureau – looks to be joining the movement.
The formerly stodgy organization, perhaps best known to the average Canadian as the body that often rubber-stamps mergers, is all of a sudden raising eyebrows, even at long-beleaguered consumer advocacy groups.
By Peter Nowak – CBC News – MarCH 03, 2014.
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