CONTACT: Yaël Ossowski Deputy Director Consumer Choice Center yael@consumerchoicecenter.org DOJ’s blocking of the AT&T-Time Warner merger is a blow to consumer choice Washington, D.C. – On Monday, the Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit in order to block the merger of AT&T/DirecTV and Time Warner Inc. Yaël Ossowski, Deputy Director of the Consumer Choice […]
CONTACT: David Clement North American Affairs Manager Consumer Choice Center david@consumerchoicecenter.org Proposed Cannabis Packaging Rules Will Embolden The Black Market Ottawa, Ontario. – The Government of Canada recently unveiled its initial consultation document outlining proposed regulations for cannabis legalization. Part of the proposal are strict limitations on the use of branding and colours on cannabis […]
CONTACT: Yaël Ossowski Deputy Director Consumer Choice Center BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – Today, the Consumer Choice Center joined the European Crop Protection Association, COPA-COGECA, Coceral, and Europabio in a signed letter addressed to the European Union’s policymakers considering a ban on glyphosate. The letter warns that EU policymakers cannot “allow emotion to let us slowly undermine our regulatory process […]
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – Now that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has entered the fray of criticizing taste diversity in Europe, it’s more important than ever to realize the populist implications this could have across Europe. Fred Roeder, Managing Director of the Consumer Choice Center, responds. “Taste diversity is a fact in Europe and it’s very much what makes […]
Stigmatising tastes and ‘dual food quality’ is mere populism CONTACT: Frederik Roeder Managing Director Consumer Choice Center fred@consumerchoicecenter.org BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – The EU Commission today published an action package to tackle the alleged problem of so-called “dual food quality”. Commissioner Věra Jourová promised not only over 2 million Euros to develop a methodology and subsidies for Member States, […]
26. July 2017 We were delighted to see that Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) spent a good amount of time studying the activities and finances of the Consumer Choice Center and our parent organization Students For Liberty. We’d like to advise CEO to look a bit more diligently at organizations they write about. Given their interest […]
Ottawa, ON. – Un sondage récent de Nanos Research démontre que 62 % de Canadiens s’opposent à l’interdiction des services comme Uber. Quant à leur niveau de soutien pour interdire les services de covoiturage comme Uber, un peu plus de trois Canadiens sur cinq disent qu’ils sont contre (41%) ou plutôt contre (21%) cela, alors que près […]
CONTACT: Yaël Ossowski Directeur-adjoint Consumer Choice Center yael@consumerchoicecenter.org Ottawa, ON. – Un sondage récent de Nanos Research démontre que 60 % de Canadiens sont contre interdire les services de partage du domicile comme Airbnb. En ce qui a trait à leur niveau de soutien pour interdire les services de partage de domicile tels que Airbnb, une majorité […]
CONTACT: Yaël Ossowski Directeur-adjoint Consumer Choice Center yael@consumerchoicecenter.org Ottawa, ON. – Un sondage récent de Nanos Research démontre que près de la moitié des Canadiens disent que le fait que le prix du lait soit le plus bas possible au profit des consommateurs est plus important pour eux. Considérant que l’approvisionnement et les prix de plusieurs produits […]
CONTACT: Yaël Ossowski Directeur-adjoint Consumer Choice Center yael@consumerchoicecenter.org Sondage: 60 % de Canadiens sont en désaccord avec les paquets de cigarettes sans marques Ottawa, ON. – Un sondage récent de Nanos Research démontre que 60 % de Canadiens sont en désaccord que vendre des produits de tabac dans les emballages sans marques réduira le nombre de Canadiens […]
