In the midst of the current economic recovery, families in BC have had to resort to exhausting their life savings and, in many cases, borrowing money from credit and financial institutions to make ends meet. For a large number of constituents who find themselves unemployed, under-employed or recently laid-off, this often means being forced to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘credit cards’
NDP Offers Relief from Outragous Credit Card Rates
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010Credit Card Fraud
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009My office has recently learned of the latest credit card scam, which I thought would be worthwhile sharing with readers during the holiday season. The scam works like this: A person will call saying – ‘This is (name), and I’m calling from the Security and Fraud Department at VISA. My Badge Number is 12460, your [...]
Letter concerning credit cards and merchant fees
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009Dear Minister Clement,
I write today to bring to your attention concerns that have been expressed by some local business owners in my riding of BC Southern Interior.