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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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protection in the wind on payday loans
James Daw
Payday lenders argue they provide a needed service. But are their charges fair? Chris Robinson, a professor of finance at York University, thinks
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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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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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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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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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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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immediate government action to rein in the payday loan industry.
The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, a U.S. group expanding into Canada, estimated that loans to Canadians who need
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.
The Conservative government will introduce long-awaited legislation today intended to regulate the payday loan industry.
Government and industry sources say the bill will create a special Criminal Code
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carried annualized interest rates ranging from 390 to 891 per cent.
In 2007, the federal government amended the law to allow the provinces and territories to regulate the payday loan industry and place
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