The Public Consultations of the Competition Bureau: Building Bridges to Consumers

Author

Jocelyn David

Organization

Option consommateurs

Published

2003

Summary

The aim of this project is to: 1) Identify the principal issues the Competition Bureau has taken action on, and to proceed with consultations with the public, particularly through consumer associations 2) Identify the mechanisms that the Bureau uses for this purpose and evaluate their effectiveness 3) Describe, in the light of the experience of other countries in analogous contexts, various consultation processes that the Bureau could utilize by evaluating their potential effectivenes 4) Describe, in the light of the experience of Canadian authorities with a different role than the Bureau, other consultation processes that the Bureau might employ, and evaluate their potential effectiveness 5) Make recommendations aimed at increasing the effectiveness of the public consultation processes used by the Bureau and attempt, in general terms, to make it easier for Canadian consumers to be informed of competition–related issues and to be involved in them.

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This research received funding support through the Office of Consumer Affairs' Contributions Program.

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Source: Consumer Policy Research Database