e-3150 (Consumer protection)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- In 2019, the Ministers of Industry, Seniors, and Middle-Class Prosperity were mandated to create a Canadian Consumer Advocate to provide a single point of contact for consumers needing help with their complaints about federally regulated banking, telecom, or transportation-related sectors;
- To date, the government has failed to deliver on this mandate;
- While this initiative is important, a need exists for improved consumer protection frameworks for all sectors of the economy;
- Federal government attention to protecting consumers has eroded over the past several decades and consumers’ voices are absent when important policy, regulatory and legislative decisions are made;
- COVID-19 has created stress on the consumer protection legal, regulatory and standards frameworks Canada depends upon, exposing gaps in governments’ preparedness and capacity to protect Canadians;
- The current patchwork approach to consumer protection is a failing strategy as Canadians navigate increasingly complex markets dominated by powerful special interests, and this will hamper a post COVID-19 economic recovery; and
- Progress in meeting future economic and social challenges lies in the establishment of an independent federal advocate with a sole function to argue for consumers, support their voice through civil society, and stress the relationship of their needs to the decision-making processes within agencies of government.
- Open for signature
- February 9, 2021, at 9:27 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- June 9, 2021, at 9:27 a.m. (EDT)
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
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Alberta | 52 |
British Columbia | 68 |
Manitoba | 26 |
New Brunswick | 14 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 4 |
Northwest Territories | 1 |
Nova Scotia | 33 |
Nunavut | 1 |
Ontario | 342 |
Prince Edward Island | 2 |
Quebec | 27 |
Saskatchewan | 6 |
Yukon | 1 |