Bill C-266 (Historical)

Credit Ombudsman Act

An Act to establish the position and Office of the Credit Ombudsman, who shall be an advocate of the interests of consumers and small businesses in credit matters and who shall investigate and report on the provision, by financial institutions, of consumer and small-business credit on a community basis and on an industry basis, in order to ensure equity in the distribution of credit resources

This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in December 2009.

Sponsor

Pat Martin  NDP

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of Jan. 27, 2009
(This bill did not become law.)

Similar bills

C-266 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) Credit Ombudsman Act
C-471 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) Credit Ombudsman Act
C-389 (38th Parliament, 1st Session) Credit Ombudsman Act
C-266 (37th Parliament, 3rd Session) Credit Ombudsman Act
C-266 (37th Parliament, 2nd Session) Credit Ombudsman Act
C-231 (37th Parliament, 1st Session) Credit Ombudsman Act

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.