Worldwide: Consumer Trading & Unfair Trading

Ad Standards Advisory has issued new guidance to help Canadian advertisers navigate environmental claims and avoid greenwashing.

Environmental claims remain an area of active scrutiny in Canada, with regulators and law makers continuing to refine how these claims should be supported and presented.

Last week, the Canadian Securities Administrators staff (CSA) issued their biennial report covering the 2023 and 2024 fiscal years identifying topics of CSA focus in their review of continuous...

Earlier this year, the Canadian Marketing Association (CMA) released its Guide to Transparency for Consumers (CMA Guide), intended to help organizations provide consumers

On Thursday, August 23 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) declined to hear an appeal that has been over seven years in the making.

In June 2012, the Government of Canada tabled the SFCA. This omnibus legislation consolidates a number of food-related statutes and is the cornerstone of Canada's new, modernized federal food safety system.

The Bureau is the government regulator responsible for investigating and enforcing deceptive marketing and advertising practices in Canada.

Bell has agreed to reimburse its customers who paid for "premium text messaging" up to $11.82 million. This is the latest and largest settlement reached by the Competition Bureau in its investigation into third party charges for premium text messaging that were passed on to consumers by Canadian mobile telephone companies.

On April 26, 2016, the Competition Bureau (Bureau) filed a Notice of Application (Application) against Moose International Inc. (Moose Knuckles), for alleged false or misleading "Made in Canada" claims...