HECOL441 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Fake Fur, Consumer Education, Billboard Charts
2 Sep 2016
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Consider types of policy instruments (most to least restrictive: regulation of products/behaviour, info provision, consumer education. Includes the implementation of product bans, or the provision of design standards, and/or performance standards. Children"s sleepwear has strict standards depending upon the design of the sleepwear. American standards also had regulations for drawstrings at waist and neck. Tpp: trade regulations related to bre content and origin. One thing to make information available, another to make sure consumers understand it. Manufacturers/retailers have to ensure that care labels are understandable for consumers while at the same time meeting national/international requirements for trade. The competition bureau is an independant enforcement agency, within the federal government to ensure the bene ts of a competitive economy. Most labelling issues are handled by the competition bureau, and are part of the. The exception to they is country of origin, which is handled primarily bu the canadian. Border sevices agency in congestion with the competition bureau.
