2009-10 Project Summaries: Contributions Program for Non-Profit Consumer and Voluntary Organizations
| Organization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Project | Project Detail | Contribution Amount |
| Automobile Protection Association (APA) | ||
| APA Investigation of Existing and New Regulations Covering Used Vehicle Retailing in Three Canadian Markets | Details | $93,400 |
| Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs (FRP Canada) | ||
| Vulnerable Families as E-Consumers: Current Attitudes, Behaviours and Barriers to E-Information | Details | $73,576 |
| Coalition des associations de consommateurs du Québec (CACQ) | ||
| Unsolicited offers of credit in the mail: between dream and reality | Details | $48,044 |
| Consumers’ Association of Canada (Manitoba) Inc. | ||
| How Safe if our Food? Consumer Perception of Food Safety in Canada | Details | $60,210 |
| Consumers Council of Canada (CCC) | ||
| 1. Consumer Groups’ Capacity to Assess Potential Consumer Impacts of Policy Proposals | Details | $56,700 |
| 2. Mapping the Changing Landscape of Wireless Plans | Details | $53,700 |
| 3. Tax Free Savings Accounts – Early Experience (TFSA) | Details | $58,700 |
| 4. What Assures Canadian Consumers? Enhancing Credibility and Confidence of Claims made About Social Responsibility | Details | $58,075 |
| Option consommateurs | ||
| 1. Displaying prices by unit of measurement: a useful “measure”? | Details | $52,300 |
| 2. Awareness of energy efficiency in populations with low literacy levels | Details | $51,000 |
| 3. Customer service from telecommunications carriers: do you have the right number? | Details | $51,000 |
| 4. The hidden side of online credit | Details | 2009/10 – $46,000
2010/11 – $46,500 |
| 5. Claim forms used in class actions: when defending your rights becomes too difficult a task | Details | $36,100 |
| 6. “Spend to save” products: Characteristics and consumer understanding | Details | $51,000 |
| 7. Are discounts really discounts? Regulation and case study in the mattress and furniture market | Details | 2009/10 – $31,300
2010/11 – $24,800 |
| Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) | ||
| 1. A Rate of Criminal Interest: Updating Garland for Consumers | Details | $21,000 |
| 2. Can we CAN SPAM in Canada? | Details | $43,000 |
| 3. Is Broadband Basic Service? | Details | $39,000 |
| 4. The Consumer Brief for Telecom Reform | Details | $34,250 |
| 5. Whitelisting for Cyber Security: What it Means for Consumers? | Details | $27,500 |
| Union des consommateurs | ||
| 1. Information about financial products and vulnerable clienteles | Details | $45,250 |
| 2. Access to auto and home insurance: an issue? | Details | $51,110 |
| 3. The end-user licence: do you accept all of the conditions? | Details | $40,477 |
| 4. Effective recourse in personal insurance | Details | $39,080 |
| 5. Personal loans via Internet platforms: a financial service of the future? | Details | $38,040 |
| 6. Tie-in sales: issues for the consumer | Details | $38,220 |
| 7. New modes of consumption: the alternative of barter | Details | $50,435 |
| 8. For energy efficiency (EE): an energy rating for houses | Details | $43,900 |
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