Editing Unfair business practices (section)

==Canada==
Canadian provinces enact their own consumer protection laws which differ in scope and coverage.<ref name="buck">{{Cite journal |last=Buckwold |first=Tamara M |date=1999 |title=Statutory Regulation of Unfair Business Practices in Saskatchewan: Possibilities and Pitfalls |url=https://www.canlii.org/en/commentary/doc/1999CanLIIDocs624 |journal=Saskatchewan Law Review |volume=62 |issue=1 |pages=45 |via=CanLII}}</ref> For example, Saskatchewan's Consumer Protection Act says:
<blockquote>It is an unfair practice for a supplier, in a transaction or proposed transaction involving goods or services, to: (a) do or say anything, or fail to do or say anything, if as a result a consumer might reasonably be deceived or misled; (b) make a false claim; (c) take advantage of a consumer if the person knows or should reasonably be expected to know that the consumer: (i) is not in a position to protect his or her own interests; or (ii) is not reasonably able to understand the nature of the transaction or proposed transaction.</blockquote>

For example, the Saskatchewan Act has been applied to a case in which an automobile dealer mis-sold cars, based on allegations of false claims, representing goods as new or unused when they weren't, and using exaggeration, innuendo, or ambiguity when representing material facts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-06 |title=Sask. auto dealer violated consumer protection and business practices, province says |url=https://regina.ctvnews.ca/customers-of-sask-auto-dealer-might-be-eligible-for-compensation-consumer-affairs-1.6756404 |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=Regina |language=en}}</ref>

Other Canadian provinces have laws headed ''Unfair Trade Practices Act'' (Alberta), "Trade Practices Act" (B.C.), "Business Practices Act" (Ontario), ''[[Consumer Protection Act (Quebec)]], and Trade Practices Inquiry Act (Manitoba).<ref name="buck" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Unfair Business Practices |url=https://www.alberta.ca/unfair-business-practices.aspx|website=Government of Alberta|access-date=15 August 2023}}</ref>