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 |
