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Finance committee I only wanted to say that when we had our seminar or colloquium in Montreal, Ira Rheingold, who was one of the speakers, said credit is a product that is sold to consumers and it is not a contract between the parties. Disclosure is therefore no substitute for clarity and caveats.
March 24th, 2009Committee meeting
Anu Bose
Finance committee I want to comment, as a returning Canadian. I'm just speaking as an individual now. I was gone for 20 years, and when I came back my impeccable credit history from Lloyds Bank--which is now Lloyds Bank of Westminster, as opposed to plain old Lloyds Bank--and the UBS, in Switzer
March 24th, 2009Committee meeting
Anu Bose
Finance committee Thank you. These observations on the government support programs for the Canadian financial sector and on the finances of individual consumers lead us to offer three recommendations. In order to help build consumer confidence, we recommend that the Government of Canada take ca
March 24th, 2009Committee meeting
Anu Bose
Finance committee We will get that to you tomorrow morning.
February 23rd, 2009Committee meeting
Anu Bose
Finance committee I might add, Mr. Wallace, that we are having a conference next month on consumer indebtedness.
February 23rd, 2009Committee meeting
Anu Bose
Finance committee No, it will be in Montreal. We shall be very happy to invite you to come.
February 23rd, 2009Committee meeting
Anu Bose
Finance committee Option consommateurs has worked on this for eight years.
February 23rd, 2009Committee meeting
Anu Bose
Finance committee In the future, instead of a class action suit filed in provincial court, it is likely that the new procedures set out in the bill will be applied. We are proposing that the clause in the former Bill C-19 be inserted immediately before clause 74.19 and that clause 74.19 be subseq
February 23rd, 2009Committee meeting
Anu Bose
Finance committee Good evening. Thank you, Mr. Chair, members of the Standing Committee on Finance, Mr. Clerk of the Committee and the staff of the committee, for inviting me to appear before you this evening to discuss Part 12 of Bill C-10, that is the proposed amendments to the Competition Act.
February 23rd, 2009Committee meeting
Anu Bose