Consumer Protection

Consumer protection is the practice of safeguarding buyers of goods and services, and the public, against unfair practices in the marketplace. Consumer protection measures are often established by law. Such laws are intended to prevent businesses from engaging in fraud or specified unfair practices in order to gain an advantage over competitors or to mislead consumers. They may also provide additional protection for the general public which may be impacted by a product (or its production) even when they are not the direct purchaser or consumer of that product. For example, government regulations may require businesses to disclose detailed information …

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LCO: Law Commission of Ontario · 10 May 2024 English

is found in the LCO enter into a consumer transaction.”85 Consultation Paper at section 3, “Consumer Protection Law in Ontario and A. [...] The Act states that illiteracy, inability to understand the language and investigation mechanism at the Consumer takes place.”81 Protection Ontario (. [...] 26 Consumer Protection in the Digital Marketplace During the development of Bill 142, the LCO argued The LCO is also practices including sale of virtual items, in-game marketing, and digital currencies.159 34 Consumer Protection in the Digital Marketplace Regulators and Courts Key Information and the CPA 2023 Many foreign

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CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 29 April 2024 English

In the The Government of Canada has recently concluded wake of similar competition reform exercises in a comprehensive review of and made initial peer jurisdictions, global macroeconomic shifts updates to …

Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Quebec Practices and Consumer Protection Authority of and Ontario provided their perspectives This is a pro-competitive policy that and consumer protection responsibilities of contributes to better incumbents on Canada’s implications for consumer protection, as well as competition law framework. For the recommendation in Canada and stronger consumer protection for formal consideration of the impact of


CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 16 April 2024 English

A field with its roots established in the 1950s, artificial intelligence (AI) is suddenly much more in the public eye and capable of doing useful things for casual users as …

framework for its objective of “trust in the consumer protection (which may depend on digital age.” For example part due to concluded 12 articles: online consumer protection; electronic signatures a lack of consensus 10 — Competition authority governance 1 — Consumer protection regulation 11 — Content moderation regulation firms (see the section “Leading safety, consumer protection, security, and promote AI-Intensive Firms:


ACORN: ACORN Canada · 15 April 2024 English

Submission to the House of Commons Finance Committee Study on Non-Prime Lending & Criminal Interest Rate April 2024 Dear members of the Finance Committee, ACORN Canada would like to make …

unprofitable for Quebec lenders. In Quebec, the Consumer Protection Office (the OPC) only issues permits to lenders


BC Housing · 8 April 2024 English

construction and 2 Registered new homes includes: single detached and multi-unit increase consumer protection for buyers of new homes in homes enrolled in home warranty insurance, single detached homes

single detached and multi-unit increase consumer protection for buyers of new homes in homes enrolled


CHRC: Canadian Human Rights Commission · 28 March 2024 English

Submission to the Human Rights Committee in advance of the Committee’s development of the List of Issues Prior to Reporting for Canada’s 7th Periodic Review Canadian Human Rights Commission Submission …

legislative revisions of its privacy and consumer protection laws, as well as consulting on the next phase


First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada · 27 March 2024 English

Canada’s lack of consultation on its relief sought in the cross-motion is of great concern to me given the adverse impacts for children, youth and families and in light of …

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CHRC: Canadian Human Rights Commission · 27 March 2024 English

Following the expiration of the mandate of the Panel, some of its members released four reports33 regarding the implementation and operation of the SIUs, which raise a number of serious …

legislative revisions of its privacy and consumer protection laws.60 Although there are now numerous publications


CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 18 March 2024 English

Data Disquiet: Concerns about the Governance of Data for Generative AI 1 companies that control the use and reuse of much of is comprised of data sets created, collected or …

create class outlines, scraping may violate consumer protection, personal generate ideas for classroom activities


PI: Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development · 13 March 2024 English

We respectfully acknowledge the space our organization is headquartered in as the traditional and ancestral territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy, comprised of the bands Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai, the Îyârhe …

Natural monopolies must often be regulated for consumer protection and continued market efficiency. North American


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