caa a22 4500 477046916 CHVBK 20180405111332.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00412472 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00412472 Wyckham Robert aut Dealing with misleading advertising in the face of declining government resources [Elektronische Daten] [Robert Wyckham] Der Umgang mir irreführender Werbung angesichts leerer werdender öffentlicher Kassen During the 15 years from 1980 to 1994, more than 150,000 complaints of misleading advertising were received by Consumer and Corporate Affairs Canada (now Industry Canada). Over the same period, 1,580 prosecutions were initiated and 1,154 convictions were obtained. Within the context of the actions that flow from the receipt of a misleading advertising complaint, this study examines the actions that flow from the receipt of a misleading advertising complaint, and the probability that a complaint will lead to a conviction. It analyses the equality of protection from misleading advertising across the country; and the product categories and the media which generate the largest number of convictions. The trend in investigations, prosecutions and convictions is down. The author concludes that with Industry Canada playing a changed and diminishing role in the regulation of misleading advertising, other means must be sought to deal with this problem. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996 Journal of Consumer Policy Kluwer Academic Publishers 19/2(1996-06-01), 167-192 0168-7034 19:2<167 1996 19 10603 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00412472 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00412472 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Wyckham Robert aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Consumer Policy Kluwer Academic Publishers 19/2(1996-06-01), 167-192 0168-7034 19:2<167 1996 19 10603 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer