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12/08/09
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NEWS RELEASE: Big Banks Profit From Subsidies
and Government Inaction on Gouging and Financial Consumer Empowerment
-- Comprehensive Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog
Groups Needed
For Effective Bank
and Financial Services Industry Accountability -- To hear related radio interview, click
here (NOTE: The piece starts starts at the 5:25 min. mark of the
show, and ends at the 16:45 min. mark of the show) |
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06/02/09
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TESTIMONY: Duff
Conacher on the need for an independent audit of bank profits and other
key bank accountability measures before the Joint House of Commons
Finance/Industry committees
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TEMOIGNAGES: Duff
Conacher devant Le Comité permanent des finances et d'industrie
à réspect de la résponsibilisation des banques
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05/22/09
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NEWS RELEASE: Conservatives' Proposed Credit Card Regulations Too
Little, Too Late to Protect Finance Consumers From Being Gouged
-- Comprehensive
Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups, Needed For
Effective Bank and Financial Services Industry Accountability
-- See related TESTIMONY: Duff
Conacher on the need for an independent audit of bank profits and other
key bank accountability measures before the Standing Senate
Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce (April 2, 2009) |
TEMOIGNAGES: Duff
Conacher devant Le Comité Sénatorial Permanent des
Banques et du Commerce à réspect de la
résponsibilisation des banques |
03/04/09
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NEWS RELEASE: Coalition Calls on Federal
Government to Get Tough on Unfair Bank Gouging and Cutting of Lending
and Services -- Comprehensive Audits, and New Financial
Consumer Watchdog Groups, Needed For Effective Bank and Financial
Services Industry Accountability |
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01/30/09
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NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives Continue Negligence of Federal Governments Over Past 20
Years By Giving Financial Institutions Billions But Doing Nothing to
Stop Their
Unfair Gouging and Cutting of Loans and Services -- Comprehensive
Audits, and New Financial Consumer Watchdog Groups Needed
For Effective Bank
and Financial Services Industry Accountability |
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12/16/08
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NEWS RELEASE: Scrooge
Banks Will Gouge Canadians and Cut Services to Recover Their $16
Billion
in Losses and Writedowns Unless Federal Government Finally Audits
Charges,
Interest Rates, Lending Records and Competition Levels -- New Financial
Consumer
Watchdog Groups Needed to Watch Banks and Investment Industry
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07/11/08
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LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Federal Conservatives and federal
Liberals
do nothing effective to prevent gouging of Canadians by big businesses
over
past 20 years
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| 01/21/08 |
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Finance
Minister Jim Flaherty Must, At The Very Least, Require Banks To Prove
Their
Credit Card Interest Rates and Service Charges are Fair -- Mergers Not in Public Interest -- Competition, Service Study
Needed
If Merger Ban Reconsidered |
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| 12/06/07 |
NEWS RELEASE: If
Conservative
Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty Doesn’t Act Now, Big Banks Will
Recoup
Their $2 Billion in Losses By Increasing Gouging, Cutting Loans to
Creditworthy
Businesses, and Continuing Excessively Risky Investing |
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| 11/30/07 |
NEWS RELEASE: As
Annual Bank
Profit Reports Show, Conservative Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty
Has
Done Almost Nothing To Stop Gouging or To Ensure Fair, Responsible
Lending
and Investing |
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| 7/05/07 |
LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR: Bank
merger
review guidelines are mostly finalized, and public, but are weak |
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| 4/17/07 |
NEWS RELEASE: Government
and
Committee Should Not Buy Banks' Claims About Fees And Services -- Audit
Needed
As U.S. Has Done For More Than 20 Years To Ensure All Canadians Served
Well
At Fair Prices and related TESTIMONY: Duff
Conacher on the need for an independent audit of bank profits and
services across Canada before the federal
House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
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| 3/22/07 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls
On Senate Committee To Strengthen Bill C-37 To Require Banks To Prove
Their
Record $19 Billion Profits Are Based On Fair Prices, Service, And
Responsible
Lending, And To Require Disclosure of Violators of Financial Laws
and related TESTIMONY: Duff
Conacher on needed changes to Bill C-37 re:
the federal Bank Act, Insurance Companies Act
and Trust Companies Act
before the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce
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Modifications
prioritaires de
la législation fédérale sur les institutions
financières |
| 3/12/07 |
OP-ED: Price of lack
of bank accountability
is too high, as the U.S. recognized 30 years ago |
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| 2/26/07 |
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Finance
Minister's Meeting with Banks Should Be Public, Not Behind Closed
Doors, and
Banks Should Answer 10 Key Questions About Their Operations, Not Just
About
Bank Fees and related TESTIMONY: Duff
Conacher on needed changes to Bill C-37 re: the federal Bank Act, Insurance Companies Act
and Trust Companies Act
before the federal
House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance (February 19, 2007) |
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| 1/27/07 |
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Banking
fees double while finance ministers do nothing to stop the gouging |
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| 1/26/07 |
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservative
Finance Minister Talks the Talk on Bank Service Charges, But Will He
Actually
Use Bill C-37 to Require Banks to Prove Their Record $19 Billion
Profits Are
Based on Fair Prices and Service, and to Prohibit Bank Mergers That Are
Not
in the Public Interest? |
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| 01/25/07 |
WEBSITE INTERVIEW: Feder
al Finance
Minister Jim Flaherty must require banks to prove, through an
independent
audit, that all service charges are fair (CBC TV's The National" --
To
see the interview click on the link to the video on the right-hand side
of
the webpage this link takes you to) |
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| 12/14/06 |
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Conservatives
Fail in Bill C-37 To Require Banks To Prove Their Record $19 Billion
Profits
Are Based on Fair Prices and Service, and Responsible Lending and
Investing,
and Also Fail to Ensure Bank Mergers and Takeovers Are in the Public
Interest |
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| 12/11/06 |
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Bank mergers
in
Canada will create mega-banks that provide worse service, reduce
choices
for borrowers, and are less efficient (CBC.ca website) |
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| 06/02/06 |
WEBSITE ARTICLE: TD
Bank's U.S. subsidiary cuts fees for customers using other bank's
machines,
but not in Canada (National Post) |
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| 03/20/06 |
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Federal
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada not effectively enforcing financial
consumer
protection laws (Vancouver Sun, March 20, 2006) |
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| 09/16/05 |
OPINION PIECE: Better
Banks Needed,
Not Bigger Banks |
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| 06/21/05 |
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Finance
Minister Ralph Goodale Uses Lame Excuses for His Failure to Release
Bank Merger
Review Process Guidelines (CJAD News Montreal (based on CP wire
story,
June 21, 2005) |
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| 02/27/05 |
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Duff
Conacher on CBC TV's Marketplace Calling for Federal Government Review
of
Bank Credit Card Interest Rates (February 27, 2005) |
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| 12/21/04 |
RADIO INTERVIEW: Duff
Conacher
on CBC Radio's "The Current" re: need for effective corporate
regulation
and creation of citizen watchdog groups in Canada (December 21,
2004
- To listen to the interview, scroll down page this link takes you to
and
click on "Part 3" link (you will need Real Audio software to listen to
the
piece) the piece starts 9 minutes 24 seconds into Part 3 of the show
and
runs almost to the end of the show) |
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| 12/11/04 |
RADIO PIECE: Duff
Conacher
on CBC Radio's "The House" Calling for More Comprehensive, Effective
Regulation
of Investment Industry (December 11 , 2004 -- To listen to the
piece,
click on the "Dec. 11" link under the heading "2004" on the page this
link
takes you to (you will need Real Audio software to listen to the piece)
the
piece starts 27 minutes 37 seconds into the show, and ends 36 minutes
22
seconds into the show) |
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| 12/06/04 |
NEWS RELEASE: Federal
Liberals
Fail to Require Banks to Prove That Their Record Profits are not Based
on
Gouging and Branch Closures |
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| 01/28/04 |
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Banks
Unjustifiably Close Branches in Low-Income Neighbourhoods (Montreal
Gazette,
January 28, 2004) |
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| 01/28/04 |
WEBSITE ARTICLE: Bank
Executives Make Millions While Their Banks Break the Law (Toronto
Star) |
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| 02/05/03 |
NEWS RELEASE: U.S.
DISCLOSURE
AND REVIEW MEASURES SHOULD BE ADOPTED FOR BANK MERGER REVIEW PROCESS TO
SHINE
LIGHT ON BANKS' LENDING AND SERVICE RECORDS |
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| 04/08/02 |
NEWS RELEASE: GOVERNMENT
TALK
CHEAPER THAN CREDIT CARDS, COALITION CALLS FOR ACTION ON RECORD HIGH
INTEREST
RATES |
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| 05/02/01 |
NEWS RELEASE: COALITION
CALLS
ON SENATE COMMITTEE TO CLOSE GAPS IN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS LAW and
related TESTIMONY: Duff
Conacher on needed changes to Bill
C-8 re: the federal Bank Act,
Insurance Companies Act
and Trust Companies Act
before the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce
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| 03/15/01 |
NEWS RELEASE: COALITION
CALLS
ON FINANCE COMMITTEE TO CLOSE GAPS IN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS LAW
and related TESTIMONY: Duff
Conacher on needed changes to Bill C-8 re: the federal Bank Act, Insurance Companies Act
and Trust Companies Act
before the federal
House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
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| 06/13/00 |
NEWS RELEASE: COALITION
CALLS
ON PAUL MARTIN TO CLOSE GAPS IN PROPOSED BANK ACCOUNTABILITY LAW |
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| 03/09/00 |
NEWS RELEASE: COALITION
RELEASES
FIRST-EVER COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT REVIEW OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN
CANADA,
CALLS ON FINANCE MINISTER TO ENACT REVIEW SYSTEM IN LAW |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: UNE COALITION PUBLIE LE TOUT
PREMIER
RAPPORT SUR LE RENDEMENT DES INSTITUTIONS FINANCIÈRES
CANADIENNES
EN MATIÈRE DE RÉINVESTISSEMENT COMMUNAUTAIRE ET PRESSE LE
MINISTRE
DES FINANCES D'ENCHÂSSER UN SYSTÈME D'EXAMEN DANS LA LOI |
| 01/18/00 |
WEBSITE ARTICLE: "Generic"
and
"white label" bank machines give Canada's big banks a new opportunity
to
gouge customers (CBC TV's "Marketplace" show) |
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| 11/19/99 |
NEWS RELEASE: CHANGE
IN BANKING
LAWS WOULD CREATE $15 BILLION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: DES
CHANGEMENTS AUX LOIS QUI RÉGISSENT LES BANQUES PERMETTRAIENT
D'INJECTER
15 MILLIARDS DE DOLLARS DANS LE LOGEMENT ABORDABLE |
| 06/25/99 |
NEWS RELEASE: COALITION
CALLS ON
PAUL MARTIN TO CLOSE REMAINING GAPS IN BANK ACCOUNTABILITY LAWS |
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| 06/23/99 |
NEWS RELEASE: NATIONAL
SURVEY SHOWS
VOLUNTARY MEASURES FAIL TO IMPROVE BANKING SERVICE |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: UNE ENQUÊTE NATIONALE
RÉVÈLE
QUE LES MESURES VOLONTAIRES NE CONTRIBUENT PAS À
AMÉLIORER
LES SERVICES BANCAIRES |
| 01/19/99 |
NEWS RELEASE: COALITION
DECLARES
FIRST ANNUAL BANK TAX FREEDOM DAY |
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| 12/14/98 |
NEWS RELEASE: COALITION
APPLAUDS
MARTIN'S REJECTION OF BIGGER BANKS, AND CALLS FOR BETTER BANKS |
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| 12/02/98 |
NEWS RELEASE: COALITION
CALLS SENATE
BANKING COMMITTEE REPORT A "BLUEPRINT FOR SMALL CHANGE" |
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| 11/13/98 |
NEWS RELEASE: REPORT
IDENTIFIES
PROBLEMS WITH COMPETITION BUREAU'S BANK MERGER REVIEW |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: UN
REPORT FAIR RESSORTIR LES LACUNES DU PROCESSUS D'EXAMEN DES PROJETS DE
FUSION
PAR LE BUREAU DE LA CONCURRENCE |
| 11/11/98 |
NEWS RELEASE: COALITION
CALLS ON
MINISTERS TO ENDORSE FINANCIAL CONSUMER GROUP AT P.E.I. MEETING |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: LA
COALITION PRESSE LES MINISTRES EN RÉUNION À
L'Î.-P.-É.
D'ENTÉRINER LA CRÉATION D'UNE ORGANISATION DE
CONSOMMATEURS
DE SERVICES FINANCIERS |
| 10/28/98 |
NEWS RELEASE: U.S. LAW
GIVES SMALL
BUSINESSES MORE FROM THEIR BANKS, SENATE COMMITTEE SAYS |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: SELON
UN COMITÉ SÉNATORIAL, LES LOIS AMÉRICAINES
PERMETTENT
AUX PME D'ÊTRE MIEUX SERVIES PAR LES BANQUES |
| 9/30/98 |
NEWS RELEASE: DECREASE
IN LENDING
TO JOB-CREATING SECTOR SHOULD BE PART OF BANK MERGER REVIEW and
related TESTIMONY: Duff
Conacher on needed bank and financial institution accountability
measures before the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and
Commerce (October 1, 1998) and related TESTIMONY: Duff
Conacher on the September 1998 Report of the Task Force on the future
of the Canadian Financial Services Sector before the federal
House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance (September 25, 2008) |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: LE
PROCESSUS D'EXAMEN DES PROJETS DE FUSION DE BANQUES DEVRAIT TENIR
COMPTE DE
LA RÉDUCTION DU NOMBRE DE PRÊTS CONSENTIS AUX PME,
CRÉATRICES
D'EMPLOIS |
| 9/12/98 |
NEWS RELEASE: COALITION
LAUNCHES
BETTER BANKS NOT BIGGER BANKS FALL CAMPAIGN |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: LA CCRC LANCE
SA
CAMPAGNE D'AUTOMNE «PAS DE PLUS GROSSES BANQUES, MAIS DE
MEILLEURES» |
| 08/14/98 |
EDITORIAL: Better banks,
not bigger
banks |
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| 6/29/1998 |
NEWS RELEASE: SENATOR,
BANKERS
CALL FOR A COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT IN CANADA |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: UN SÉNATEUR ET DES BANQUIES
DEMANDENT
UNE LOI SUR LE RÉINVESTISSEMENT COMMUNAUTAIRE AU CANADA |
| 05/28/1998 |
NEWS RELEASE: STOP BANK
MERGERS
-- ENACT ACCOUNTABILITY LAWS |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: EMPÊCHEZ
LES FUSIONS BANCAIRES ? ADOPTEZ DES LOIS SUR L'IMPUTABILITÉ |
| 05/07/1998 |
NEWS RELEASE: COALITION
CALLS FOR
REVIEW OF BANK BUSINESS LENDING AS PART OF MERGER REVIEW,
Analysis of Canadian Bankers
Association
Business Credit Statistics Reports and Surveys and related
TESTIMONY: Duff
Conacher and Luc Lapointe on bank business lending practices and
accountability
before the federal House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry (May
5, 1998) |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: Analyse
des rapports et des études statistiques commandés
par
l'Association des banquiers canadiens sur les prêts
accordés
aux entreprises |
| 05/1998 |
EDITORIAL: Citizens have
final say
on bank mergers |
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| 04/17/1998 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls for
Bank Merger Legislation |
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| 03/20/1998 |
NEWS RELEASE: Liberals
confront
bank merger controversy -- or do they? |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: Les
Libéraux remettent-ils vraiment en question le projet de fusion
des
banques? |
| 03/12/1998 |
NEWS RELEASE: Bank
Accountability
Campaign Grows Online |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: La
campagne pour l'imputabilité des banques sur internet |
| 02/01/1998 |
EDITORIAL: Bank merger:
matching
power with accountability |
ÉDITORIAL: La
fusion de banques:
concilier puissance et imputabilité |
| 12/16/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls for
Bank Accountability System in Canada Based on U.S. Laws |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: La
CCRC plaide en faveur d'un système de responsabilisation des
banques
inspiré des lois Américaines |
| 12/2/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition Calls On Financial
Institutions
to Help Create Financial Consumer Group |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: Une Coalition prie les
institutions
financiéres d'aider à la création d'un groupe de
consommateurs
de services Financiers |
| 11/18/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls for
Effective Disclosure of Bank Lending to Business |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: La
CCRC exige un système de divulgation effiace des données
sur
les prêts accordés par les banques aux entreprises |
| 10/17/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls on Government
to Ensure Access to Basic Banking Services
includes Survey on Access to
Basic
Banking Services |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: La
Coalition demande au gouvernement de garantir l'accès aux
services
bancaires de base |
| 10/16/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls On Government to Consult Public On Its Position on International
FinancialIndustry
Agreement |
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: La
Coalition demande du gouvernement de consulter le public quant à
la
position gouvernementale sur l'accord international pour le secteur
financier |
| 9/15/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls for
Independent Banking Ombudsman
includes Summaries of
Consumer
Banking Complaints (Sept. 1997) |
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| 9/5/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Bank Lending
To Job
Creating Sector Decreases in 1996
includes Analysis of
Canadian Bankers
Association Business Credit Statistics Reports and Surveys |
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| 8/5/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Minister Puts
Bank's
Interest Ahead of Public Interest |
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| 7/16/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls on Government
to Consult Public on Its Position on International Financial Industry
Agreement |
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| 7/15/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls on
Federal Government to Appoint Open-minded Task Force.Chairperson |
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| 7/10/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls On
Federal Government to Address Consumer Concerns About Financial
Industry Mergers |
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| 6/12/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls on
Federal Government to Consult Public on International Agreement on
Financial
Serivces |
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| 6/6/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls on Party
Leaders to Act in Response to Record Bank Profits |
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| 5/27/1997 |
NEWS RELEASE: Coalition
Calls on Party
Leaders to Act in Their Pledges of Banking Reform |
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