Most Canadians surveyed did say they see good times ahead, but there was little agreement about when that will happen. Canadians grew even more uncertain about their finances in August as job losses mounted and the U.S. economy appeared to remain… Continue reading
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Phone customers to get cash rebates following CRTC announcement
"Today's announcement is a positive solution for Canadian consumers," CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein said in a statement. People living in the big cities will get cash back from their phone companies and tens of thousands of rural residents will finally get… Continue reading
Canada’s big telecoms must provide high broadband speeds when selling access to smaller ISP’s
Small Internet providers win access fight against cable Canada’s big telephone and cable companies must provide the highest broadband speeds available when they sell access to smaller Internet service resellers, the federal telecom regulator ruled Monday. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications… Continue reading
Canadians appear to be in a vehicle-buying mood
Canadian vehicle sales show 2nd monthly gain in a row Canadians appear to be a vehicle-buying mood, according to July figures in the latest Global Auto Report from Scotia Economics. It says Canadian sales advanced to an annualized 1.65 million units last month… Continue reading
Ignore the door, stop the intrusion of door to door salesmen
A significant number of stories about consumers being misled by the tactics of some door to door sales people
Google launches free Canadian voice calls from Gmail
Google is taking on Skype with its new computer-to-phone calling service. Google has launched a service that lets Gmail users make free calls from their computers to phones, with the service available to Americans and Canadians. The voice service allows Gmail… Continue reading
