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Business

Why workers plan to strike at ports across U.S. East — and how it could cause consumer chaos

Some 45,000 union workers could walk off the job at seaports on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts on Oct.…

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Canada

Don’t be surprised by the B.C. NDP consumer carbon tax step back

In 2008, as the-then B.C. Liberal government was poised to bring in Canada’s first carbon tax, the B.C. NDP staunchly…

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Politics

B.C. will scrap consumer carbon tax if Ottawa drops requirement

A re-elected NDP government would scrap British Columbia’s long-standing carbon tax and shift the burden to “big polluters” if the federal government dropped its requirement for…

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Politics

Singh won’t say if NDP climate plan will include consumer carbon tax

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh won’t say whether he would keep the consumer carbon price if his party forms government at…

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Business

U.S. regulator orders TD Bank to pay $28M US over consumer credit reports

TD Bank was ordered by a U.S. regulator on Wednesday to pay nearly $28 million US ($38 million Cdn) for…

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Business

B.C. developer, director fined $99K for causing ‘consumer harm’

A Surrey, B.C.-based property developer and its director have been ordered to pay nearly $100,000 by the province’s real estate…

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Business

Inflation in U.S. drops as consumer prices unexpectedly fell in June

U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly fell and the annual increase was the smallest in a year, reinforcing views that a trend of dropping inflation…

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Politics

Canada ‘sleepwalking’ into cashless society, consumer advocates warn

A consumer group is urgently calling on the federal government to follow other jurisdictions in the U.S and Europe and…

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Canada

Edmonton hot tub company facing 49 charges under Consumer Protection Act

An Edmonton hot tub company is facing charges under Alberta’s Consumer Protection Act after nine customers complained to the province’s…

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Politics

Industrial carbon pricing has three times the impact on emissions as consumer carbon tax: report

As the federal government faces increasing political pressure to halt a planned increase to its consumer carbon tax, a new…

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