Airbnb regulations a ‘bad idea’ says consumer advocate
A group of consumer advocates is warning against additional regulations for home share services after Windsor city council agreed to move forward with adding regulations. David Clement, with Consumer Choice Center, said adding regulations can make home sharing services more expensive. “When local governments go down this road, they almost always add in a licensing fee,” said Clement. “That […]
Report: Health Canada’s Cannabis Rule Changes Will Hurt Consumers – Building Must Be In Place Before Application
Toronto – On Wednesday, Health Canada announced that it will make significant changes to the process for approving licensed cannabis producers. Specifically, Health Canada will now require all new producer applicants to have a fully built and compliant site at the time of their application. Health Canada has justified the move by citing that a majority of applications in […]
Ontario reveals housing supply action plan
With a focus on making it easier to build (and afford) a wider variety of housing, the action plan is being called a win for consumer choice. Heather Bone, a Toronto-based Research Fellow for the Consumer Choice Center (CCC) and Economics Ph.D. Student at the University of Toronto, said: “It is good to see the […]
Don’t blame Doug Ford for the costs of breaking unfair beer retailing contracts
Opinion: We should blame politicians who set up and maintained a system that has both inconvenienced and overcharged consumers for nearly a century. A lot has changed in the last 92 years, but Ontario’s alcohol policy is one thing that has remained largely the same. Following the repeal of alcohol prohibition in 1927, the province […]
Cannabis au Luxembourg : « Éviter les erreurs du Canada »
Des représentants canadiens de l’Agence pour le choix du consommateur sont venus à Luxembourg pour aider les décideurs politiques à faire les bons choix en matière de légalisation du cannabis. Membres de la direction de l’ONG Consumer Choice Center (l’Agence pour le choix du consommateur, ou CCC), David Clement et Yaël Ossowski sont venus plaider […]
Luxemburg auf dem Weg zur Legalisierung: Lobby fordert verbessertes kanadisches Modell
Auf dem Weg zur Legalisierung von medizinischem und rekreativem Cannabis könnte sich die Regierung am kanadischen Modell inspirieren. Vertreter des Consumer Choice Center (CCC) besuchen derzeit Luxemburg. Die Lobbyisten wollen Entscheidern aus Politik und Gesellschaft das kanadische Modell vorstellen – und dafür werben, dass keine hohen Steuern auf Marihuana-Produkte erhoben werden. Das CCC ist eine […]
Analyst Says Milk Prices Showing Improvement and Worst Is Over
In other trade news, while the future of President Trump’s U.S.-Mexico-Canada, free trade agreement remains uncertain in a divided U.S. House of Representatives, the Toronto-based North American Affairs Manager of the Consumer Choice Center (CCC), David Clement called on the Canadian government to give it a thumbs down. A CCC press release stated, “The Federal […]
Are excise taxes killing Canada’s cannabis market?
David Clement is the North American Affairs Manager at the Consumer Choice Center. Much has been said about Canada’s roll-out of legal cannabis. The system thus far has been riddled with hiccups, supply shortages, prohibition-style penalties and significant limitations on consumer access. All of that aside, one of the most glaring issues with Canada’s cannabis […]
All 25 Ontario pot shops won’t be ready to open April 1
One consumer advocacy group said stores not being ready to open in time exposes weaknesses in the government’s pot plan. “What this shows is that the lottery process was probably a mistake,” said David Clement of the Consumer Choice Centre. “It would have been much better for the province to simply uncap the licence process […]
All 25 Ontario pot shops won’t be ready to open April 1
One consumer advocacy group said stores not being ready to open in time exposes weaknesses in the government’s pot plan. “What this shows is that the lottery process was probably a mistake,” said David Clement of the Consumer Choice Centre. “It would have been much better for the province to simply uncap the licence process […]
What are we reading? March 7, 2019
This well-argued opinion piece by David Clement, North American affairs manager at the Consumer Choice Center, outlines a lot of the pitfalls that could spur the legalization of cannabis-infused drinks. – Financial Post
Ottawa’s latest rules risk ruining cannabis-infused beverages before they’re even legal
Opinion: Cannabis-infused beverages will not even be allowed to use the name ‘beer’ or ‘wine’ Dried cannabis and oils are currently legal in Canada and edible cannabis, which includes beverages, are scheduled to become legal for sale by October 2019. The federal government’s draft regulations for edibles, released recently, are riddled with problems, but some […]
