| Organization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Project | Project Detail | Contribution Amount |
| Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - British Columbia Office | ||
| 1. What’s in a Scan? How Well Are Consumers Informed About the Benefits and Harms Related to Screening Technology (PET and CT scans) in Canada? | Detail | $98 865 |
| Total: | $98 865 | |
| Consumers Council of Canada (CCC) | ||
| 1. Credit Insurance - Are Consumers Being Well Served? | Detail | $48 000 |
| 2. Long Distance Phone Cards - Are Consumers Satisfied? | Detail | $44 000 |
| 3. Renovation Rip-offs: Problems and Solutions | Detail | $46 000 |
| 4. Sustainable Household Consumption: Key Considerations For a Canadian Strategy | Detail | $54 500 |
| 5. The Ontario Smart Metering Initiative - What Does it Mean for Ontario's Residential Consumers | Detail | $49 500 |
| Total: | $242 000 | |
| Consumer Interest Alliance Inc. | ||
| 1. Assessing Access to Basic Banking Services for Very Low Income Consumers | Detail | $39 200 |
| 2. Proposal for Establishing Co-ordinated Consumer Representation on Federal and Provincial Committees Responsible for National Codes for Buildings | Detail | $81 200 |
| Total: | $120 400 | |
| Option consommateurs | ||
| 1. Notice to Participants in Class Actions: Effective Communications Strategy? | Detail | $34 100 |
| 2. Cell Phones and Young People’s Debt: An Update | Detail | $36 600 |
| 3. Telecommunications Companies: Incomprehensible Single Invoicing | Detail | $36 600 |
| 4. Credit Cards: New Solutions for Better Consumer Protection? | Detail | $32 600 |
| 5. Non-traditional Mortgage Products | Detail | $47 100 |
| 6. Use of Credit Files for Non-financial Purposes | Detail | $32 350 |
| Total: | $219 350 | |
| Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) | ||
| 1. A Do Not Track List for Canada? | Detail | $47 500 |
| 2. Consumer Perspective of the Trade and Commerce Power | Detail | $45 000 |
| 3. Credit Cards and Access to Credit in the Digital Marketplace: A Priceless Necessity for Consumers | Detail | $40 000 |
| 4. Fee for Carriage - BDU Regulation II | Detail | $14 250 |
| 5. Holding the Purse Strings: Regulating Financial Planners | Detail | $60 000 |
| 6. Net Neutrality - What it Means for Canadian Consumers | Detail | $75 000 |
| 7. Practice of Extra Charges in the Canadian Marketplace | Detail | $50 250 |
| Total: | $332 000 | |
| Union des consommateurs | ||
| 1. Consumer Arbitration: A Fair and Effective Process? | Detail | $36 790 |
| 2. Complaint Processing in the Financial Sector: Consumer Accessibility | Detail | $33 040 |
| 3. Consumer Contracts: When is it OK to Change the Rules of the Game? | Detail | $32 665 |
| 4. Consumer Recourse: Who Can We Turn To To Effectively Resolve Certain Consumer Disputes? | Detail | $46 150 |
| 5. Small Consumer Loans: What To Do? | Detail | $40 350 |
| 6. Consideration of Low-income Consumers in the Delivery of Telecommunications Services: How is Canada Doing? | Detail | $34 515 |
| 7. Consumer Advocacy Recognition Criteria | Detail | $20 950 |
| 8. Debt Overload: Prevent Rather Than Cure | Detail | $39 725 |
| Total: | $284 185 | |
| Grand Total: | $1 296 800 | |
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