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Now live: Air Canada Aeroplan dynamic pricing with seven partner airlines Mar 26th
Effective today (March 25, 2025) the dynamically priced award chart for flights on Air Canada now includes United Airlines, Emirates, Flydubai, Etihad Airways, and the program’s Canadian regional airline partners Calm Air, Canadian North, and PAL (Provincial Airlines). Award flights on these air.... More »
Does Your Boss Make You Feel Valued? Employee Recognition Programs Can Fix That + MORE Apr 26th
From 2010 to 2019, Colliers—a commercial real estate company that employs 2,500 employees in Canada alone—held its annual Colliers Service Excellence Awards.
A panel of judges rewarded select employees for their outstanding work across the marketing, research, IT, HR, finance and accounting .... More »
Great Transfer bonus from Coast Rewards to Aeroplan! Earn up to 300,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles + MORE Oct 5th
We last saw an amazing transfer bonus from Coast Rewards to Aeroplan way back in March of 2015 (read here) where you could transfer 12,500 points from Coast Rewards to get 50,000 Aeroplan Miles. The new offer works a little differently but if you have hoarded your Coast Rewards points then you are i.... More »
Student Money Guide Sep 24th
There’s more to college and university than classes. Navigating the costs that come with a post-secondary program is just as much a learning experience as Psych 101—for both students, and the adults in their lives. The best time to start—both saving for school, and learning how to handle money.... More »
The Ultimate No Fee Cash Back Credit Card Portfolio + MORE Jun 9th
In this feature of Rewards Canada' Ultimate Credit Card Portfolios we look at the ultimate one for earning cash back without paying annual fees on any of the cards. We have always recommended that you should carry a Visa, a Mastercard and an American Express card in your wallet and that's what th.... More »
Canada’s consumer protection watchdog could get more bite with new code
– canadianbusiness.com
OTTAWA – The woman who is proud to be called the country’s consumer-protection czar remembers her first encounter years ago with the questionable actions of a debt-collection agency.
Lucie Tedesco, a law student at the time, received a phone call from the debt collector after she missed a minimum payment on a retailer’s credit card. They threatened, she recalled, to garnish her wages if she didn’t pay up.
But thanks to her studies, Tedesco said she knew full well they needed a court order to pluck cash from her paycheque. So she called their bluff.
The experience also opened her eyes.
“That really made me angry and I saw that there were perhaps practices out there that were not benefiting consumers,” said Tedesco, who became commissioner of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada in September 2013.
Not only is the agency a key piece of the Harper government’s consumer agenda, Tedesco’s already-powerful office could become even stronger once the Conservatives introduce a long-promised comprehensive financial consumer code that would replace the existing patchwork of legislation and regulations…
Lucie Tedesco, a law student at the time, received a phone call from the debt collector after she missed a minimum payment on a retailer’s credit card. They threatened, she recalled, to garnish her wages if she didn’t pay up.
But thanks to her studies, Tedesco said she knew full well they needed a court order to pluck cash from her paycheque. So she called their bluff.
The experience also opened her eyes.
“That really made me angry and I saw that there were perhaps practices out there that were not benefiting consumers,” said Tedesco, who became commissioner of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada in September 2013.
Not only is the agency a key piece of the Harper government’s consumer agenda, Tedesco’s already-powerful office could become even stronger once the Conservatives introduce a long-promised comprehensive financial consumer code that would replace the existing patchwork of legislation and regulations…
If your credit's all grown up, ditch that $300 'starter card'
– creditcards.com
If that $300 ‘starter card’ you got as a credit whippersnapper hasn’t evolved with you, get rid of it and enjoy the benefits that come with a higher-limit grown-up card
