Acorn Canada

• B.C. rally takes aim at ‘criminal’ high-interest payday loans

  Acorn Canada wants to see interest rates capped at 30 per cent. Currently, alternative lenders are allowed to hit borrowers for as much as 60 per cent interest.

  Consumer

  Jan 24, 2023
  
• Displaced residents of 650 Parliament ‘shocked’ over unexpected hotel bills

  Some residents who were left without a home after a fire tore through their building now say management isn't keeping their word by covering the hotel costs.

  Consumer

  Nov 15, 2018
  
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• Hamilton demonstrators demand more affordable banking for everyone

  Mike Wood, the group's local chair, says it's currently cheaper to take out a payday loan that it is to overdraw your bank account.

  Money

  Nov 30, 2017
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• Low-income activists protest government clawbacks to child support in B.C.

  Dozens marched through New Westminster Sunday to get the attention of the BC Liberals over money taken from single mothers on income and disability assistance.

  May 11, 2014