The Government of Canada has introduced Bill S-5, the Connected Care for Canadians Act, aimed at modernising the country’s digital health care systems and improving how health information is shared across the system. The proposed legislation responds to long-standing challenges caused by disconnected health information systems. Currently, only 29 per cent of health care providers […]
The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada(FCAC) Fines BMO $4 Million Over Disclosure Failures and Improper Fees.
Written by Tricia: The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) has imposed a $4-million administrative monetary penalty on the Bank of Montreal (BMO) for violating consumer protection provisions under the Bank Act, following a lengthy period of improper fee disclosures and erroneous charges on personal deposit accounts. In Summary of Proceeding #4, the federal regulator […]