Description
Industry Canada's Competition Bureau is responsible for the enforcement and administration of the Competition Act, which is the federal law that makes deceptive telemarketing a criminal offence. In May 1996, the Bureau decided to join forces with other organizations and businesses that were also interested in preventing and combating telephone fraud. Together they created the Deceptive Telemarketing Prevention Forum.
The Forum consists of members from government, the private sector and not-for-profit organizations, which include: Visa Canada, MasterCard, Bell Canada, Stentor, the Canadian Association of Retired Persons, the Canadian Marketing Association, PhoneBusters(Ontario Provincial Police), the RCMP, the Canadian Bankers Association, Canada Post, the Solicitor General of Canada, the National Consumer Measures Committee, the Canadian Council of Better Business Bureaus, the Office of Consumer Affairs, and the Volunteer Centre of Toronto.The Competition Bureau of Industry Canada acts as Forum Chair.
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Contact Information:
Kernaghan Webb at:
webb.kernaghan@ic.gc.ca
