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PIAC Articling Position 2013-14 - Call for Applications
About PIAC → Wednesday, May 09, 2012Description for Social Justice Articling Positions Funded by the Law Foundation of Ontario Name and Location of Organization: Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) 1204-ONE Nicholas Street, Ottawa, ON, K1N 7B7 For Articling Year: 2013-2014 Deadline for Application: June 7, 2012 Interviews the week of:June 11 – 15, 2012 Offers will be made: June 22, 2012 Description of Organization ...
Public Interest Advocacy Centre News
Other → Monday, May 07, 2012• Cellphone rates in Canada • Bell stung by $1.00 payphone backlash • Airline fees, services, advertising and on-time performance • Bell veut augmenter ses tarifs PIAC supports wireless consumer code In a May 4 CRTC submission the Public Interest Advocacy Centre supported a national code to protect wireless consumers. PIAC wants a code that at least meets the provincial consumer ...
Airline fees, services, advertising and on-time performance
Transport → Wednesday, May 02, 2012Senate Standing Committee on Transport and Communications April 3, 2012 Speaking notes Michael Janigan Executive Director and General Counsel Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) Ottawa, ON Introduction The Public Interest Advocacy Centre, (PIAC) is a national non-profit organization based in Ottawa that attempts to provide representation, research and support for the position of the ...
Financial Consumers Betrayed by Finance Minister’s OBSI Decision
Financial → Tuesday, May 01, 2012OTTAWA May 1, 2012 – The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today condemned the Minister of Finance’s assertion made yesterday that the federal government will not require Canada’s banks to resolve banking customers’ disputes with the Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments (OBSI). Instead the Minister has stated the government will publish rules allowing ...
PIAC welcomes Ontario cellphone consumer protection bill
Telecom → Thursday, April 12, 2012The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) welcomes the introduction of legislation to control consumer unfriendly practices in the cellphone industry. PIAC notes that this step mirrors efforts in other provinces such as Manitoba and Quebec to prevent wireless providers from enforcing contractual terms that are unreasonable and anti-competitive. “We want a thriving rivalry in the ...
Public Interest Advocacy Centre News
Other → Wednesday, March 21, 2012In this issue: • Bell’s payphone hike, Put your 2 cents in • A fantastic victory to protect the privacy of teenagers online • Pourquoi les prix sont-ils plus élevés au Canada? • Online spying, indiscriminate “fishing expeditions” • PIAC still working on truth in airline ads PIAC, Protecting the privacy of teenagers online “Edmonton-based Nexopia, which bills ...
Spectrum Auction, Strengthening of wireless competition is no sure thing
Telecom → Wednesday, March 14, 2012The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) was a participant in the design of the auction process both for the 2008 Spectrum auction, and the development of the framework announced today. PIAC’s interests are in ensuring access and affordable prices and choices for ordinary consumers. “Spectrum auctions are meant to provide outcomes that best meet the public interest”, said Michael ...
Please give us your two cents worth about payphones . . .
Telecom → Thursday, March 08, 2012Please give us your two cents worth about payphones . . . . . . because Bell Canada has applied to raise payphone prices by two quarters. That’s 50 cents MORE per call. Raise payphone rates from 50 cents a call to up to $1. That’s a 100% price increase. We are the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (www.piac.ca) and we are representing people who use payphones, including those ...
PIAC Complaint Upheld: Privacy Commissioner Finds Social Network Must Respect Teen Privacy
Privacy → Thursday, March 01, 2012FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Attention: News and Business Editors PIAC Complaint Upheld: Privacy Commissioner Finds Social Network Must Respect Teen Privacy March 1, 2012 (OTTAWA)— The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada decision released today finding popular youth-oriented social networking site Nexopia.com Inc.’s privacy practices are in violation of Canadian privacy law comes in ...
Spectrum Auction Caps Would Mean Wireless Competition Abandoned by Government
Telecom → Friday, February 24, 2012OTTAWA –The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) noted today that the rumoured structure of Canada’s 700 MHz wireless spectrum auction (capping wireless companies’ total spectrum) would be an abandonment of the Government’s commitment to improve competition in the wireless market. Spectrum was set aside for new entrants to bid on in the last auction and it is even more important to ...
Lawful Access Legislation Lacks Safeguards
Privacy → Tuesday, February 14, 2012Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 14, 2012 Lawful Access Legislation Lacks Safeguards OTTAWA –The Government’s “lawful access” bill lacks essential safeguards to protect consumers’ privacy, today warned the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC). The short-titled Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act, Bill C-30 introduced today in Parliament, has weak ...
(Un)Lawful Access Legislation – Ottawa Public Forum
Privacy → Wednesday, February 01, 2012(Un)Lawful Access Legislation – Ottawa Forum ABOUT ONLINE SPYING : The government is trying to push through a set of electronic surveillance laws that will invade your privacy and cost you money. The plan is to force every phone and Internet provider to allow “authorities” to collect the private information of any Canadian, at any time, without a warrant. Learn more and sign ...