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On May 1, 2022, British Columbia's new high-cost credit regime will come into force and British Columbia will join Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec as the fourth Canadian jurisdiction to specifically regulate high-cost credit.

In recent years, electronic signatures have been increasing in popularity for several reasons. For example, some organizations find it easier to store digital copies of contracts ...

On January 31, 2020, Canada's Advisory Committee on Open Banking (the Committee) released its report, "Consumer-directed finance: the future of financial services" (the Report)

Competition, marketing and foreign investment law saw a number of changes in the past year.

The Ontario CPA specifies the financial disclosure obligations imposed on lenders in order to provide consumers with clear, transparent information about the details...

On June 1, 2023, the Québec Minister of Justice tabled Bill 29, An Act to protect consumers from planned obsolescence and to promote the durability, repairability and maintenance of goods.

Consumer Protection BC recently issued an advisory informing consumers about their rights under provincial law to receive refunds for travel.

Significant changes to the Québec consumer protection regime came into effect earlier this year. The president of the Office de la protection du consommateur (OPC), Québec's consumer protection regulator...

As the demand for "clean beauty" and sustainable personal care products continues to grow, so too does the risk of deceptive advertising and greenwashing claims.

"All banking customer groups now prefer digital channels", concludes the October 2019 McKinsey report, "Inflection point: Seven transformative shifts in US retail banking".

The January edition of our commentary on the new framework outlined some of the changes likely to impact bank governance.

On October 27, 2021 and November 22, 2021, the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) issued proposed Guidelines in support of two key areas related to the new Financial Consumer Protection Framework...

In a significant development for consumer protection and pricing practices, the Federal Court has certified the first class action under Canada's drip pricing provisions in Deane v. Canada Post...

U.S. Stock Exchanges to Determine Exemptions for Canadian and Other Foreign Private Issuers

On February 25, 2025, the British Columbia government introduced Bill 4, the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2025 (the "Bill").

The government of Canada is seeking feedback on proposed changes to lower the criminal rate of interest (currently set at 60%), with a focus on high-cost installment loans.

The NMR was originally introduced in 2006.

The Bill proposes to add a new Part 6.3 to the BPCPA, which will set out a high-cost credit regime.