Director's Orders
A Director's Order lays out specific requirements for a company or person to fulfill in order to comply with the Fair Trading Act and its regulations.
A Director's Order can be issued when:
- A person is contravening or has contravened the Fair Trading Act or the regulations
- A regulated person is using any form, agreement, letter or other document that is misleading or contains a term that misrepresents the Act or the regulations
- A publisher is publishing or has published an advertisement that is misleading or contains a term that contravenes this Act or the regulations
Under section 157 of the Fair Trading Act, the Director's Order can direct a person or publisher to:
- Stop engaging in anything that is described in the order, subject to any terms or conditions set out in the order
- Take any measures specified in the order, within the time specified in the order, to ensure that this Act and the regulations are complied with
Director's Order Categories
Auctions
- Federal Auction Service (pdf) - April 17, 2008
- Heritage Auctioneers Alberta Ltd. (pdf) - May 24, 2007
- Osman Auction Inc. (pdf) - September 14, 2006
- Sungold Auctions Ltd. (pdf) - May 3, 2007
Collection Agencies
- Collectcents Inc. (pdf) - October 8, 2008
- Financial Debt Recovery (pdf) - September 5, 2008
- McRae Arcand Foote & Associates Inc. (pdf) - October 24, 2006
- Phillips & Cohen Associates (Canada) Ltd. (pdf) - February 6, 2007
Direct Sellers
- 1001520 Alberta Ltd. o/a Modern Air (pdf) - July 29, 2006
- David Pow o/a Vortech of Alberta (pdf) - December 5, 2008
Employment Agencies
- 1226905 Alberta Ltd.; 1226905 Alberta Ltd. o/a Foreign Recruitment Specialists (pdf) - April 25, 2007
- Filipino Recruiting Agency (pdf) - May 15, 2008
- JFG Career Agency / Millenium Consultantcy / J.F. Garcia Manpower Services (pdf) - July 23, 2008
- Phillipine Overseas Employment Services, Inc. (pdf) - February 13, 2007
- Super Select Canada Services Ltd. (pdf) - July 23, 2008
- Windows of Opportunity (pdf) - November 4, 2008
- WorldWide Work Force Inc. et al (pdf) - December 19, 2007
Internet Sales
- Banff Rail Company Inc. o/a Fortress Ski Resort (Fortress) (pdf) - November 2, 2006
Prepaid Contractors
- 1087407 Alberta Ltd. and Dawson Ventures Inc. O/A Parallel Industries / Josip Seremit (pdf) - October 1, 2008
- 1206465 Alberta Ltd. o/a Virtual Solutions (pdf) - December 5, 2008
- 4 SQ Reno's Ltd. / Elizabeth McCord / William (Bill) McCord (pdf) - September 5, 2008
- 888480 Alberta Ltd. o/a Wally’s Contracting (pdf) - February 8, 2008
- B & W Reno’s (pdf) - May 23, 2007
- Build-All Contracting Ltd. (pdf) - April 23, 2008
- Canwest Construction Services Inc. (pdf) - September 4, 2008
- Citadel Improvement and Patio Ltd and Robert Eric Hanson (pdf) - November 29, 2007
- Dunrite Fencing Ltd. / William Kelly (pdf) - October 1, 2008
- Granite Direct Inc. (pdf) - March 19, 2008
- Infinity Energy Corporation (pdf) - May 23, 2007
- National Healthcare Providers Inc. (pdf) - March 20, 2008
- Poorman (pdf) - May 16, 2008
- Ram Exteriors Inc. (pdf) - March 28, 2008
- Rory Couturier (pdf) - October 1, 2008
- Trio Concrete / Lance Hildebrandt (pdf) - October 1, 2008
- Viva Construction Ltd. and Andy Radzikowski (pdf) - October 3, 2008
Retail Home Sales
Travel Clubs
- Wild Rose Vacation Inc. (pdf) - June 5, 2006
- Wild Rose Vacation Inc. (pdf) - May 15, 2008
Unfair Practices
- Business Depot Ltd. o/s Staples Business Depot (Staples) (pdf) - September 11, 2008
- MDG Calgary Inc.; MDG Edmonton; Predrag (Pete) Ninkovic; Goran Panic; Goran Varaklic and MDG Computers Canada Inc. (pdf) - December 15, 2008
