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, which prohibits lenders from charging more than 60 per cent interest rates. Provincial governments have shown no interest in cracking down on payday loan shops. Federal politicians, while deliberating
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weeks after an organization representing low-income communities demanded immediate government action to rein in the payday loan industry.
The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
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Robert Benzie
Consumer-protection rules capping the interest that can be charged on payday loans have now taken effect.
The Ontario government has moved forward with sweeping changes sparked in part
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correctly on the application form, only to be told by his Blue Chip adviser that it would have to be changed to self-employed to get the loan approved.
Philpott said his superannuitant mother Helene's annual
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that the rules are an attempt to stop the government from stepping in.
The Toronto Star
December 1, 2004
New rules may aid payday loan clients
Consumer group pushes for regulator. Province applauds ‘good
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investors" otherwise the loan would not have been approved. He denied any fraudulent activity and said he would never have changed an applicant's income.
John Grant, director of New Zealand business GE Money
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affluent neighbourhoods and poor, unfettered by government oversight or requirements except in Quebec. One payday loan office in Ottawa is located in the same building as the Department of Finance
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stumps government
No legislation addresses the concerns of labourers who lost thousands in office-cleaning ‘partnership’
Rita Daly
Is it an illegal franchise? A business scam? A company violating labour
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the federal government has circulated draft legislation that would force the provinces to regulate the payday loan industry, or they might wind up having to shut it down.
Officials in the departments
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have any other avenue."
The Toronto Star
June 19, 2004
Caught in the loan trap
Borrowing a quick $500 is the easy part. Paying it back can become a vicious circle.
Jim Rankin and Nicole MacIntyre
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