Alberta High-Cost Credit Business Regulation to become effective January 1, 2019
On November 29, 2017, the Government of Alberta introduced Bill 31: A Better Deal for Consumers and Businesses Act (“Bill 31”) setting out various changes to the Fair Trading Act (including changing the name of the legislation to the Consumer Protection Act) (the “Act”). Bill 31 introduced various new requirements applicable to “high-cost credit businesses”, including a requirement to obtain a “high-cost credit licence."