2016–17 Project Summaries: Contributions Program for Non-profit Consumer and Voluntary Organizations
2016–17 Funded Research Project Contributions
| Organization / Project Title |
Project Details |
Awarded Amount |
| Automobile Protection Association |
| Survey of auto financing in the retailing of new vehicles |
Details |
$67,500 |
| Consumers' Association of Canada (Manitoba) Inc. |
| Tackling energy poverty: How accessible, efficient, and cost-effective are programs designed to help lower income consumers pay their energy bills? |
Details |
$92,750 |
| Consumers Council of Canada |
| Consumer redress, chargebacks and merchant responses in distant transactions |
Details |
$69,150 |
| Dynamic pricing - can consumers achieve the benefits they expect? |
Details
| $82,700 |
| Incenting energy efficient retrofits: risks and opportunities for consumers |
Details
| $84,525 |
| Environmental Defence Canada |
| Product labelling and consumer behaviour |
Details |
$95,628 |
| Option consommateurs |
| Sharing economy: the Canadian perspective |
Details |
$81,650 |
| Banking fees and low-income individuals: an overview of the situation |
Details |
$85,300 |
| Class action: How to increase the individual claim rate? |
Details |
$86,300 |
| Public Interest Advocacy Centre |
| Managing legal risk in the Canadian retail payment system: the consumer's perspective |
Details |
$49,000 |
| The Privacy Box: Enabling Consumer Choice and Meaningful Consent in Online Privacy |
Details |
$70,500 |
| Union des consommateurs |
| Credit contracts: signatory solidarity |
Details |
$92,629 |
| Debt settlement and financial recovery companies: Too risky an option? |
Details |
$73,621 |
| Limits on unlimited services: Are consumers adequately protected? |
Details |
$89,291 |
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