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Project Summaries 2005-2006

Project Summaries 2005-2006
Organization
Project Project Detail Contribution Amount
Automobile Consumer Coalition (ACC)
1. The effects of Uniform Vehicle Pricing on Canadian Consumers Detail $62,600
Total: $62,600
Consumers' Association of Canada (CAC) - Manitoba
1. Marketplace Accessibility in the Retail Sector: Incorporating Universal Design Principles to Identify Common Issues and Develop a Model for Change Detail $23,960
Total: $23,960
Consumers' Council of Canada (CCC)
1. Consideration of Attribution Alternatives for Energy DSM Savings Detail $47,500
2. Improving the Effectiveness of Consumer Representation on Delegated Administrative Authorities Detail $47,000
Total: $94,500
Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society (IMPACS)
1. Media Doctor in the Canadian Context: Assessing an Audit and Feedback Mechanism to improve the Quality of Medical Reporting in Canada Detail $67,365
Total: $67,365
Option consommateurs
1. First-time Home Buyers: Getting in Too Deep? Detail $38,100
2. Improving Financial Protection for Consumers Who Purchase Tickets Directly from Airlines Detail $30,300
3. Canada-U.S. Cooperation on Regulation: a Consumer Perspective Detail $48,300
4. Five-year Review of the Bank Act Detail $39,800
5. Householder Comprehensive Insurance - Participation in the Consultation Process to Make Insurance Forms Easier for Consumers to Understand Detail $15,300
6. Right of Access to Personal Information: the Key to the Right to Privacy Detail $73,500
7. Is Santa Claus Real? Canadian Consumers and Social Ethics Detail $47,000
8. Guidelines for Cash Advance on Credit Cards Detail $30,500
9. Cross-border Class Actions and Consumer Rights Detail $29,500
10. A Consumer Group's Take on an International Standardization Process: Development and Application of Standards ISO 10001 and ISO 10003 Detail $36,300
Total: $388,600
Pollution Probe
1. Comparative Study of Consumer Groups and ENGO's Detail $54,250
Total: $54,250
Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC)
1. Bill C-19 Competition Act Amendments Detail $20,900
2. Copyright and Consumers Part II Detail $39,600
3. Foreign Involvement in Air Transport in Canada Detail $33,100
4. Smart Regulation III - Implementation (Joint proposal with Option consommateurs) Detail $57,700
5. Spyware - Looking out for the Consumers Detail $51,000
6. The Consumer Interest in the World Summit on the Information Society Detail $29,650
7. The Consumers Interest in VoIP Detail $56,000
8. The Identity Theft Industry - Good for Consumers? Detail $41,000
9. Voluntary Codes and Consumer Protection in the Insurance Industry Detail $44,600
10. Where Should the Green Choice be Made? Detail $41,800
Total: $415,350
Service d'aide au consommateur (SAC)
1. Cell Phones Exposed Detail $66,414
2. Mail Rebates: Not Always a Gift Detail $42,085
Total: $108,499
Union des consommateurs (UC)
1. Irradiated Food: Issues for Consumers Detail $22,930
2. Traveller's Health Insurance: Peace of Mind? Detail $28,050
3. Alternative Consumer Credit Market Detail $33,700
4. The Class Action Process Detail $23,905
5. Consumers and Standardization: Plans for Action Detail $41,220
6. Alternative Medicine: Regulation, Monitoring and Complaints Detail $23,930
7. Marketing Junk Food to Children Detail $33,130
8. Drug Marketing: Seeking Better Regulation Detail $47,680
9. Credit Counselling Consultation Practices and Ethics Detail $38,000
10. Consideration of Low-income Consumers in the Utilities Sector: Where Does Canada Stand? Detail $26,330
Total: $318,875