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03/12/12
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NEWS RELEASE: Group launches national letter-writing drive calling for federal government action to stop record big bank profits based on gouging and failing to help job-creating businessess -- Big 6 banks double their profits since 2009 to $29.29 billion, and increase executive bonuses by 51% since 2008 to $10.3 billion -- Comprehensive audits, and new Financial
Consumer Organization needed for effective bank and
financial services industry accountability, and for
financial literacy |
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03/12/12
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NEWS RELEASE: As
banking fees increase yet again, federal government action
needed to ensure record big bank profits not based on
gouging and ignoring job-creating businesses -- Bill
S-5 too weak -- Comprehensive audits, and new Financial
Consumer Organization needed for effective bank and
financial services industry accountability, and for
financial literacy |
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12/09/11
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NEWS RELEASE: Federal
government action needed to ensure record big bank profits
not based on gouging and ignoring job-creating businesses
-- Comprehensive audits, and new Financial
Consumer Organization needed for effective bank and
financial services industry accountability, and for
financial literacy
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10/18/11
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NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives did bail out Canada's big banks in 2009 --
now must finally take action to ensure banks and other
financial institutions service, lending, investment and
prices are fair and responsible |
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10/13/11
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OP-ED: People
are asking for protection from corporate greed and
wrongdoing - will Canada's politicians finally give it?
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10/12/11
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NEWS RELEASE: Occupy
Canada protesters should support 15 key bank and corporate
responsibility changes endorsed by 140 citizen groups
across Canada for the past decade
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| 02/09/11 |
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Financial
Literacy Task Force Makes 30 Good Recommendations,
But Ignores Lowest-Cost, Most Effective Solution -- New Financial Consumer Group Would Do Most To
Increase Financial Literacy |
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01/17/11
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LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Canada has a
government Financial Consumer Agency, but it is too weak,
and financial consumer group needed (Hill Times, January 17,
2011) |
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12/08/10
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NEWS RELEASE: Federal Government
Action Needed to Ensure Big Bank Profits Not Based on
Gouging -- Comprehensive Audits, and New Financial
Consumer Watchdog Groups Needed For Effective Bank and
Financial Services Industry Accountability |
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11/03/10
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NEWS RELEASE: Financial Literacy
Task Force Must Recommend New National Financial Consumer
Group: Lowest-cost, most effective way to educate
and empower financial consumers
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12/08/09
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NEWS RELEASE: Big Banks Profit From
Subsidies and Government Inaction on Gouging and Financial
Consumer Empowerment -- Comprehensive Audits, and
New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups Needed For
Effective Bank and Financial Services Industry
Accountability -- To hear related radio interview, click
here (NOTE: The piece starts starts at the 5:25 min.
mark of the show, and ends at the 16:45 min. mark of the
show) |
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06/02/09
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TESTIMONY: Duff
Conacher
on
the
need
for
an
independent
audit
of
bank profits and other key bank accountability measures before the Joint House of Commons Finance/Industry
committees
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TEMOIGNAGES: Duff
Conacher
devant
Le
Comité
permanent
des
finances
et
d'industrie
à
réspect de la résponsibilisation des banques
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05/22/09
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NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' Proposed Credit Card
Regulations Too Little, Too Late to Protect Finance
Consumers From Being Gouged -- Comprehensive Audits, and New Financial
Consumer Watchdog Groups, Needed For Effective Bank and
Financial Services Industry Accountability -- See related TESTIMONY: Duff
Conacher
on
the
need
for
an
independent
audit
of
bank profits and other key bank accountability measures before the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and
Commerce (April 2, 2009) |
TEMOIGNAGES: Duff
Conacher
devant
Le
Comité
Sénatorial
Permanent
des
Banques
et
du
Commerce à réspect de la
résponsibilisation des banques |
03/04/09
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NEWS RELEASE: Coalition Calls on
Federal Government to Get Tough on Unfair Bank Gouging and
Cutting of Lending and Services -- Comprehensive
Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups,
Needed For Effective Bank and Financial Services
Industry Accountability |
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01/30/09
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NEWS RELEASE: Federal Conservatives
Continue Negligence of Federal Governments Over Past 20
Years By Giving Financial Institutions Billions But Doing
Nothing to Stop Their Unfair Gouging and Cutting of Loans
and Services -- Comprehensive Audits, and New
Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups Needed For Effective
Bank and Financial Services Industry Accountability |
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12/16/08
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NEWS RELEASE: Scrooge Banks Will
Gouge Canadians and Cut Services to Recover Their $16
Billion in Losses and Writedowns Unless Federal Government
Finally Audits Charges, Interest Rates, Lending Records
and Competition Levels -- New Financial Consumer Watchdog
Groups Needed to Watch Banks and Investment Industry
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07/11/08
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LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Federal Conservatives
and federal Liberals do nothing effective to prevent
gouging of Canadians by big businesses over past 20 years
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| 01/21/08 |
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Finance
Minister
Jim Flaherty Must, At The Very Least, Require Banks To
Prove Their Credit Card Interest Rates and Service Charges
are Fair -- Mergers Not in Public
Interest -- Competition, Service Study Needed If Merger
Ban Reconsidered |
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| 12/06/07 |
NEWS RELEASE: If
Conservative Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty Doesn't
Act Now, Big Banks Will Recoup Their $2 Billion in Losses
By Increasing Gouging, Cutting Loans to Creditworthy
Businesses, and Continuing Excessively Risky Investing |
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| 11/30/07 |
NEWS RELEASE: As
Annual Bank Profit Reports Show, Conservative Federal
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty Has Done Almost Nothing To
Stop Gouging or To Ensure Fair, Responsible Lending and
Investing |
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| 7/05/07 |
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Bank merger review
guidelines are mostly finalized, and public, but are weak |
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| 4/17/07 |
NEWS RELEASE: Government
and
Committee
Should
Not
Buy
Banks'
Claims
About
Fees
And
Services -- Audit Needed As U.S. Has Done For More Than 20
Years To Ensure All Canadians Served Well At Fair Prices and related TESTIMONY: Duff
Conacher
on
the
need
for
an
independent
audit
of
bank profits and services across Canada before the
federal House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
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| 3/22/07 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls
On
Senate
Committee
To
Strengthen
Bill
C-37
To
Require
Banks To Prove Their Record $19 Billion Profits Are Based
On Fair Prices, Service, And Responsible Lending, And To
Require Disclosure of Violators of Financial Laws
and related TESTIMONY: Duff
Conacher on needed changes to Bill C-37 re:the
federal Bank Act,
Insurance Companies Act and Trust Companies Act before the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and
Commerce
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Modifications
prioritaires de la législation
fédérale sur les institutions
financières |
| 3/12/07 |
OP-ED: Price of
lack of bank accountability is too high, as the U.S.
recognized 30 years ago |
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| 2/26/07 |
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Finance
Minister's
Meeting with Banks Should Be Public, Not Behind Closed
Doors, and Banks Should Answer 10 Key Questions About
Their Operations, Not Just About Bank Fees and related
TESTIMONY: Duff
Conacher
on
needed
changes
to
Bill
C-37
re:
the
federal Bank Act,
Insurance Companies Act and Trust Companies Act before the federal House of Commons Standing Committee on
Finance (February 19, 2007) |
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| 1/27/07 |
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Banking fees double
while finance ministers do nothing to stop the gouging |
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| 1/26/07 |
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservative
Finance
Minister Talks the Talk on Bank Service Charges, But Will
He Actually Use Bill C-37 to Require Banks to Prove Their
Record $19 Billion Profits Are Based on Fair Prices and
Service, and to Prohibit Bank Mergers That Are Not in the
Public Interest? |
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| 01/25/07 |
WEBSITE INTERVIEW: Feder
al
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty must require banks to prove,
through an independent audit, that all service charges are
fair (CBC TV's The National" -- To see the interview
click on the link to the video on the right-hand side of the
webpage this link takes you to) |
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| 12/14/06 |
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives
Fail
in Bill C-37 To Require Banks To Prove Their Record $19
Billion Profits Are Based on Fair Prices and Service, and
Responsible Lending and Investing, and Also Fail to Ensure
Bank Mergers and Takeovers Are in the Public Interest |
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| 12/11/06 |
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Bank
mergers in Canada will create mega-banks that provide
worse service, reduce choices for borrowers, and are less
efficient (CBC.ca website) |
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| 06/02/06 |
WEBSITE ARTICLE: TD
Bank's
U.S.
subsidiary
cuts
fees
for
customers
using
other
bank's machines, but not in Canada (National Post) |
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| 03/20/06 |
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal
Financial
Consumer
Agency
of
Canada
not
effectively
enforcing
financial
consumer
protection
laws (Vancouver Sun, March 20, 2006) |
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| 09/16/05 |
OPINION PIECE: Better
Banks
Needed, Not Bigger Banks |
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| 06/21/05 |
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Finance
Minister
Ralph
Goodale
Uses
Lame
Excuses
for
His
Failure
to Release Bank Merger Review Process Guidelines (CJAD
News Montreal (based on CP wire story, June 21, 2005) |
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| 02/27/05 |
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Duff
Conacher
on
CBC
TV's
Marketplace
Calling
for
Federal
Government
Review of Bank Credit Card Interest Rates (February
27, 2005) |
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| 12/21/04 |
RADIO INTERVIEW: Duff
Conacher
on
CBC Radio's "The Current" re: need for effective corporate
regulation and creation of citizen watchdog groups in
Canada (December 21, 2004 - To listen to the
interview, scroll down page this link takes you to and click
on "Part 3" link (you will need Real Audio software to
listen to the piece) the piece starts 9 minutes 24 seconds
into Part 3 of the show and runs almost to the end of the
show) |
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| 12/11/04 |
RADIO PIECE: Duff Conacher
on CBC Radio's "The House" Calling for More Comprehensive,
Effective Regulation of Investment Industry (December
11 , 2004 -- To listen to the piece, click on the "Dec. 11"
link under the heading "2004" on the page this link takes
you to (you will need Real Audio software to listen to the
piece) the piece starts 27 minutes 37 seconds into the show,
and ends 36 minutes 22 seconds into the show) |
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| 12/06/04 |
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Liberals
Fail
to Require Banks to Prove That Their Record Profits are
not Based on Gouging and Branch Closures |
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| 01/28/04 |
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Banks
Unjustifiably Close Branches in Low-Income Neighbourhoods (Montreal Gazette, January 28, 2004) |
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| 01/28/04 |
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Bank
Executives Make Millions While Their Banks Break the Law (Toronto Star) |
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| 02/05/03 |
NEWS RELEASE: U.S.
DISCLOSURE AND REVIEW MEASURES SHOULD BE ADOPTED FOR BANK
MERGER REVIEW PROCESS TO SHINE LIGHT ON BANKS' LENDING AND
SERVICE RECORDS |
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| 04/08/02 |
NEWS RELEASE: GOVERNMENT
TALK
CHEAPER
THAN
CREDIT
CARDS,
COALITION
CALLS
FOR
ACTION
ON
RECORD HIGH INTEREST RATES |
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| 05/02/01 |
NEWS RELEASE: COALITION
CALLS
ON
SENATE
COMMITTEE
TO
CLOSE
GAPS
IN
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS
LAW and related TESTIMONY: Duff
Conacher
on
needed
changes
to
Bill
C-8
re:
the
federal
Bank Act, Insurance Companies Act and Trust Companies Act before the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and
Commerce
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| 03/15/01 |
NEWS RELEASE: COALITION
CALLS
ON
FINANCE
COMMITTEE
TO
CLOSE
GAPS
IN
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS
LAW and related TESTIMONY: Duff
Conacher
on
needed
changes
to
Bill
C-8
re:
the
federal Bank Act,
Insurance Companies Act and Trust Companies Act before the federal House of Commons Standing Committee on
Finance
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| 06/13/00 |
NEWS RELEASE: COALITION
CALLS
ON
PAUL
MARTIN
TO
CLOSE
GAPS
IN
PROPOSED
BANK
ACCOUNTABILITY LAW |
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| 03/09/00 |
NEWS RELEASE: COALITION
RELEASES
FIRST-EVER
COMMUNITY
REINVESTMENT
REVIEW
OF
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS
IN
CANADA,
CALLS
ON
FINANCE MINISTER TO ENACT REVIEW SYSTEM IN LAW |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: UNE COALITION PUBLIE
LE TOUT PREMIER RAPPORT SUR LE RENDEMENT DES INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIÈRES CANADIENNES EN MATIÈRE DE
RÉINVESTISSEMENT COMMUNAUTAIRE ET PRESSE LE
MINISTRE DES FINANCES D'ENCHÂSSER UN SYSTÈME
D'EXAMEN DANS LA LOI |
| 01/18/00 |
WEBSITE ARTICLE: "Generic"
and
"white
label" bank machines give Canada's big banks a new
opportunity to gouge customers (CBC TV's "Marketplace"
show) |
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| 11/19/99 |
NEWS RELEASE: CHANGE
IN
BANKING LAWS WOULD CREATE $15 BILLION FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: DES CHANGEMENTS AUX
LOIS QUI RÉGISSENT LES BANQUES PERMETTRAIENT
D'INJECTER 15 MILLIARDS DE DOLLARS DANS LE LOGEMENT
ABORDABLE |
| 06/25/99 |
NEWS RELEASE: COALITION
CALLS
ON PAUL MARTIN TO CLOSE REMAINING GAPS IN BANK
ACCOUNTABILITY LAWS |
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| 06/23/99 |
NEWS RELEASE: NATIONAL
SURVEY
SHOWS VOLUNTARY MEASURES FAIL TO IMPROVE BANKING SERVICE |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: UNE ENQUÊTE
NATIONALE RÉVÈLE QUE LES MESURES VOLONTAIRES
NE CONTRIBUENT PAS À AMÉLIORER LES SERVICES
BANCAIRES |
| 01/19/99 |
NEWS RELEASE: COALITION
DECLARES
FIRST
ANNUAL BANK TAX FREEDOM DAY |
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| 12/14/98 |
NEWS RELEASE: COALITION
APPLAUDS
MARTIN'S
REJECTION OF BIGGER BANKS, AND CALLS FOR BETTER BANKS |
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| 12/02/98 |
NEWS RELEASE: COALITION
CALLS
SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE REPORT A "BLUEPRINT FOR SMALL
CHANGE" |
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| 11/13/98 |
NEWS RELEASE: REPORT
IDENTIFIES PROBLEMS WITH COMPETITION BUREAU'S BANK MERGER
REVIEW |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: UN REPORT FAIR
RESSORTIR LES LACUNES DU PROCESSUS D'EXAMEN DES PROJETS DE
FUSION PAR LE BUREAU DE LA CONCURRENCE |
| 11/11/98 |
NEWS RELEASE: COALITION
CALLS
ON MINISTERS TO ENDORSE FINANCIAL CONSUMER GROUP AT P.E.I.
MEETING |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: LA COALITION PRESSE LES
MINISTRES EN RÉUNION À
L'Î.-P.-É. D'ENTÉRINER LA
CRÉATION D'UNE ORGANISATION DE CONSOMMATEURS DE
SERVICES FINANCIERS |
| 10/28/98 |
NEWS RELEASE: U.S.
LAW GIVES SMALL BUSINESSES MORE FROM THEIR BANKS, SENATE
COMMITTEE SAYS |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: SELON UN COMITÉ
SÉNATORIAL, LES LOIS AMÉRICAINES PERMETTENT
AUX PME D'ÊTRE MIEUX SERVIES PAR LES BANQUES |
| 9/30/98 |
NEWS RELEASE: DECREASE
IN
LENDING TO JOB-CREATING SECTOR SHOULD BE PART OF BANK
MERGER REVIEW and related TESTIMONY: Duff
Conacher on needed bank and financial institution
accountability measures before the Standing Senate
Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce (October 1, 1998)
and related TESTIMONY: Duff
Conacher
on
the
September
1998
Report
of
the
Task
Force on the future of the Canadian Financial Services
Sector before the federal House of Commons Standing
Committee on Finance (September 25, 2008) |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: LE PROCESSUS D'EXAMEN
DES PROJETS DE FUSION DE BANQUES DEVRAIT TENIR COMPTE DE
LA RÉDUCTION DU NOMBRE DE PRÊTS CONSENTIS AUX
PME, CRÉATRICES D'EMPLOIS |
| 9/12/98 |
NEWS RELEASE: COALITION
LAUNCHES
BETTER
BANKS NOT BIGGER BANKS FALL CAMPAIGN |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: LA
CCRC LANCE SA CAMPAGNE D'AUTOMNE «PAS DE PLUS
GROSSES BANQUES, MAIS DE MEILLEURES» |
| 08/14/98 |
EDITORIAL: Better
banks, not bigger banks |
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| 6/29/1998 |
NEWS RELEASE: SENATOR,
BANKERS
CALL
FOR A COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT IN CANADA |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: UN SÉNATEUR ET
DES BANQUIES DEMANDENT UNE LOI SUR LE
RÉINVESTISSEMENT COMMUNAUTAIRE AU CANADA |
| 05/28/1998 |
NEWS RELEASE: STOP
BANK MERGERS -- ENACT ACCOUNTABILITY LAWS |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: EMPÊCHEZ LES
FUSIONS BANCAIRES ? ADOPTEZ DES LOIS SUR
L'IMPUTABILITÉ |
| 05/07/1998 |
NEWS RELEASE: COALITION
CALLS
FOR REVIEW OF BANK BUSINESS LENDING AS PART OF MERGER
REVIEW,
Analysis of Canadian
Bankers Association Business Credit Statistics Reports and
Surveys and related TESTIMONY: Duff
Conacher
and
Luc
Lapointe
on
bank
business
lending
practices
and accountability before the federal House of Commons
Standing Committee on Industry (May 5, 1998) |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: Analyse des rapports et
des études statistiques commandés par
l'Association des banquiers canadiens sur les
prêts accordés aux entreprises |
| 05/1998 |
EDITORIAL: Citizens
have final say on bank mergers |
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| 04/17/1998 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls
for Bank Merger Legislation |
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| 03/20/1998 |
NEWS RELEASE: Liberals
confront
bank
merger controversy -- or do they? |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: Les Libéraux
remettent-ils vraiment en question le projet de fusion des
banques? |
| 03/12/1998 |
NEWS RELEASE: Bank
Accountability Campaign Grows Online |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: La campagne pour
l'imputabilité des banques sur internet |
| 02/01/1998 |
EDITORIAL: Bank
merger: matching power with accountability |
ÉDITORIAL: La
fusion de banques: concilier puissance et
imputabilité |
| 12/16/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls for Bank Accountability System in Canada Based on
U.S. Laws |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: La CCRC plaide en faveur
d'un système de responsabilisation des banques
inspiré des lois Américaines |
| 12/2/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition Calls On
Financial Institutions to Help Create Financial Consumer
Group |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: Une Coalition prie
les institutions financiéres d'aider à la
création d'un groupe de consommateurs de services
Financiers |
| 11/18/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls for Effective Disclosure of Bank Lending to Business |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: La CCRC exige un
système de divulgation effiace des données
sur les prêts accordés par les banques aux
entreprises |
| 10/17/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls on Government to Ensure Access to Basic Banking
Services
includes Survey on
Access to Basic Banking Services |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: La Coalition demande au
gouvernement de garantir l'accès aux services
bancaires de base |
| 10/16/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition Calls On
Government to Consult Public On Its Position on
International FinancialIndustry Agreement |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: La Coalition demande du
gouvernement de consulter le public quant à la
position gouvernementale sur l'accord international pour
le secteur financier |
| 9/15/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls
for Independent Banking Ombudsman
includes Summaries
of Consumer Banking Complaints (Sept. 1997) |
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| 9/5/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Bank
Lending To Job Creating Sector Decreases in 1996
includes Analysis
of Canadian Bankers Association Business Credit Statistics
Reports and Surveys |
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| 8/5/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Minister
Puts Bank's Interest Ahead of Public Interest |
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| 7/16/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls on Government to Consult Public on Its Position on
International Financial Industry Agreement |
|
| 7/15/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls
on Federal Government to Appoint Open-minded Task Force.Chairperson |
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| 7/10/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls
On Federal Government to Address Consumer Concerns About
Financial Industry Mergers |
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| 6/12/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls
on Federal Government to Consult Public on International
Agreement on Financial Serivces |
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| 6/6/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls on Party Leaders to Act in Response to Record Bank
Profits |
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| 5/27/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls on Party Leaders to Act in Their Pledges of Banking
Reform |
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