https://nsadvocate.org/2016/12/06/banks-push-poor-people-towards-predatory-loan-sharks-report-suggests/ The tyrant's foe, the people's friend. Wed, 07 Dec 2016 21:18:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.7 https://nsadvocate.org/2016/12/06/banks-push-poor-people-towards-predatory-loan-sharks-report-suggests/#comment-1143 Wed, 07 Dec 2016 01:08:51 +0000 https://nsadvocate.org/?p=3605#comment-1143 People on provincial social assistance cannot get a loan from a bank because they do not have enough discretionary income. (Someone else might know what the percentage is; I don’t remember.)

]]> https://nsadvocate.org/2016/12/06/banks-push-poor-people-towards-predatory-loan-sharks-report-suggests/#comment-1138 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 19:25:07 +0000 https://nsadvocate.org/?p=3605#comment-1138 If only post offices would be allowed to offer banking services… Postal banking would help.

]]> https://nsadvocate.org/2016/12/06/banks-push-poor-people-towards-predatory-loan-sharks-report-suggests/#comment-1137 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 18:18:07 +0000 https://nsadvocate.org/?p=3605#comment-1137 I agree with concerns about payday loan operations, but if they did not exist the alternative would be criminal loan sharks.
Try regulating something that is completely out of public sight in Canadian society!

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