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Producer @ CBC News Adjunct Professor @ UBC Sauder School of Business
89-year-old loses $1.7M to scammers; advocates say Canada needs to hold banks liable for not doing enough to prevent fraud -- our latest from Go Public
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89-year-old scammed out of $1.7M in life savings — blames RBC and CIBC for not protecting him | CBC News
A Victoria man says two of Canada’s biggest banks failed miserably in protecting him from one of the largest bank investigator scams ever reported. Royal Bank and CIBC claim they have robust protectio...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/gopublic/bank-investigator-fraud-scam-9.6950754
24 days ago
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Canadian Journalists for Justice in Palestine
3 months ago
🚨 Israel has just killed five more journalists in Gaza. 🚨 We call on Canada, a founding member of the Media Freedom Coalition, to fulfill its obligations under international law. The only way is a full two way arms embargo and sanctions against Israel now
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"The only entities that benefit from this are the airlines"
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Constitutional challenge launched over rules preventing air passengers from speaking about complaints | CBC News
The Air Passenger Rights group is taking the federal government to court over rules preventing passengers from talking publicly about complaints filed with Canada’s airline watchdog, saying they are u...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/gopublic/air-passenger-rights-court-challenge-1.7547597
6 months ago
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Our latest from Go Public
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Canadian universities increasingly relying on admissions test which experts say lacks evidence | CBC News
Most Canadian medical schools are screening future physicians with something called the Casper test — marketed as being able to assess people skills and predict future success. But critics say there’s...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/gopublic/casper-test-medical-school-1.7507308
7 months ago
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"Beware of seniors, they have a lot of time on their hands" our latest from Go Public
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Ontario judge calls out WestJet's attempt to muzzle passenger in dispute negotiations | CBC News
In what’s believed to be a landmark decision, an Ontario small claims court judge has condemned WestJet for including a gag order in a settlement offer with a customer. An air passenger rights advocat...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/gopublic/westjet-called-out-over-non-disclosure-agreement-in-court-1.7488510
8 months ago
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"It feels like I'm in a Franz Kafka novel"
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Safety concerns raised after Air Canada had no record these passengers were on its flights | CBC News
Go Public heard from six people on four different flights who had their return tickets cancelled after Air Canada incorrectly deemed them “no-shows” on earlier flights, requiring them to buy new ticke...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/gopublic/air-canada-no-shows-cancelled-tickets-1.7452473
9 months ago
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Travelling with multiple airlines, but on one itinerary? There should only be one set of baggage rules
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Air Canada passengers repeatedly overcharged for baggage, but airline faces no fines | CBC News
An Ottawa man says Air Canada was ‘misleading’ when it sold his family tickets that included one bag each, only to be charged for baggage again upon check-in. An aviation analyst says Air Canada is br...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/gopublic/air-canada-baggage-fees-codeshare-1.7409685
11 months ago
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Air Passenger Rights
11 months ago
Air Canada must pay $10,000 to mistreated passengers, Yukon judge says "[Passengers] who saved for three years for their-one-week vacation were treated shamefully, being moved around without any thought of the effect of this experience [...]."
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Paris Marx
12 months ago
during a canada post strike is when you really see the consequences of having virtually no labour journalists at major publications in canada, but a load of business journalists ready to parrot the corporate line
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Two months ago, CBC Go Public began publishing a series of stories about telco customers outraged over price increases during contracts. Today, the CEO of Rogers appeared before a parliamentary committee to answer questions about that.
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MPs question Rogers CEO over contracts customers call unfair and misleading | CBC News
Rogers Communications CEO Tony Staffieri was summoned to appear before a parliamentary committee to defend contracts with clauses that allow monthly prices to increase while customers are locked in.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/gopublic/rogers-contract-fees-parliament-committee-1.7399290
12 months ago
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"They think we're stupid" ... MPs reacting after Rogers CEO doesn't show up to a committee hearing -- our latest from CBC Go Public
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Rogers plan backfires — CEO sends subordinate to appear before committee, but MPs won't have it | CBC News
The CEO of telecom giant Rogers Communications has been ordered to appear before a parliamentary committee after sending a last-minute substitute in his place. MPs had asked to hear from CEO Tony Staffieri after a series of Go Public reports featuring frustrated Rogers customers.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rogers-ceo-parliament-consumer-complaints-1.7394164
12 months ago
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If you have a dispute with an airline in Canada, you may be surprised by how much secrecy is involved in resolving the issue...
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WestJet tried to silence couple fighting for compensation after airline cancelled their flight | CBC News
When a B.C. couple took their fight for compensation over a cancelled WestJet flight to social media, they received a letter from the airline's lawyers warning them that their post had breached confidentiality. Efforts to silence travellers from speaking publicly about disputes with airlines are a worrying trend, say industry and legal experts.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-couple-westjet-compensation-fight-1.7389792
12 months ago
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Trudeau says Canada will 'abide by all regulations, rulings of the international courts.'
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ICC issues arrest warrants for Israeli PM, former defence minister over alleged war crimes in Gaza | CBC News
The International Criminal Court on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former defence minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas official Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri, also known as Mohammed Deif.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/icc-mideast-war-arrest-warrants-1.7389265
12 months ago
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"...doctors and other health professionals who are called out for shoddy testimony face no consequences and there's nothing stopping them from appearing in court again"
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Big insurance companies fighting injury claims hire doctors slammed for shoddy medical expert testimony | CBC News
Some doctors are being accused of offering shoddy or biased evidence in cases where big insurance companies are looking to block or reduce payouts for people hurt in car crashes. Yet they face no penalties or sanctions for their flawed reports, and nothing is stopping them from appearing in court again, says an expert.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/insurance-medical-legal-experts-injury-1.7382872
about 1 year ago
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦
about 1 year ago
Anyone who interacted with John Horgan probably has a couple of stories they’re thinking of today. Here are two of mine.
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Two stories about John Horgan
John Horgan loved his family, his province, a good dad joke, and trying his level best every day.
https://justinmcelroy.substack.com/p/two-stories-about-john-horgan
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