MCS 3040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: National Do Not Call List, Anti-Spam Techniques, Exclusive Dealing

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Marketing and Consumer Studies
• Course: MCS 3040
• Professor: Joe Radocchia

Document Summary

Consumer protection law: primarily concerned with protecting interests of consumers. Competition law: primary source of competition law in canada is the federal competition act, other legislation includes, consumer packaging and labelling act, textile labelling act, precious metals marking act. To protect consumers: in contract for the purchase of goods and services, from unfair selling and marketing practices, from physical harm and injury. Unfair practices: consumer protection legislation prohibits practices considered unfair. Internet sales contract harmonization template now adopted by all provinces (chapter: others have provisions in protection act for internet agreements (ontario"s consumer. Packaging and labelling: most legislation is federal and general in scope, consumer packaging and labelling act (cpla): sets out minimum packaging and labelling requirements for all prepackaged goods sold in canada, other than drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices. Industry-specific legislation examples: food and drug act, textile labelling act, tobacco act. Consumer packaging and labelling act: encourages fair competition by ensuring consumer can compare price and quantity.