Credit Counselling Society of BC
Services available in Penticton..... 1-888-527-8999
No cost confident credit counselling www.nomoredebts.org
Salvation Army Community & Family Services Law Clinic........ 492-4788
Call for appointment with volunteer lawyers.
Small Claims BC Court Services, Court House ........ 492-1231
www.ag.gov.bc.ca/courts/civil/smallclaims
Identity Theft
Equifax/transunion... 1-877-525-3823
Contact immediately if your cards or ID are stolen. www.equifax.com
Service Canada 1-800-622-6232
TTY 1-800-926-9105
Replacement of government information
Online and Telephone Resources
Better Business Bureau of Mainland
British Columbia 1-888-803-1222 www.bbbvan.org
Business Practices and Consumer Protection Authority of BC
1-888-564-9963 www.bpcpa.ca
Canadian Anti Fraud Call Centre www.phonebusters.com. 1-888-495-8501
Protection of personal info & scams
Canadian Consumer Information Gateway
www.consumerinformation.ca
Canadian Marketing Association
‘Do not contact’ for marketing offers www.the-cma.org/
Consumer Connection Industry Canada
www.strategis.ic.gc.ca 1-800-323-6189
TTY 1-866-694-8389
Consumer information
Consumer Law & Credit Law publication
Legal Services Society www.lss.bc.ca
Extremely helpful information from Legal Aid, includes help for when you can't pay your mortgage
and other consumer debt issues
: Electronic Legal Aid Newsletter