Public policy consultation favours big business, not consumer groups: Whitehurst

‘If you’re having a regulatory discussion, there’s a huge imbalance between supplier interest and consumer interest,’ says Consumers Council of Canada.

Consumer interest groups in Canada are not adequately resourced or funded to allow Canadian consumers’ voices to be a meaningful player in government consultations over prospective policies, resulting in a “systemic issue” of imbalance between big business and ever...

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