Unit 5: Contract Law

CHAPTER 17: CARRYING OUT THE CONTRACT

E-ACTIVITY: DIRECT SALES IN YOUR PROVINCE OR TERRITORY (p. 542)

Activity: Create an Organizer About Direct Sales in Your Province or Territory

Of the many ways to sell products and services, door-to-door sales may be the oldest and this method is still used today. While some direct sellers do not use high-pressure sales tactics, others do. What can a customer who felt pressured into making a purchase do? What consumer protection remedies are there for direct sales?

Complete an organizer about the law on direct sales in your province or territory.

1. Look for information available about direct sales from your province or territory’s ministry for consumer affairs. To do so, you might visit linked Web sites for the following:
   • Alberta—to download a pdf
   • British Columbia
   • Manitoba
   • New Brunswick—to view the Direct Sellers Act
   • Newfoundland
   • Nova Scotia
   • Ontario—for a May 2001 or July 2001 news release
   • Prince Edward Island
   • Saskatchewan
2. Complete the following organizer to summarize your jurisdiction’s protection regarding direct sales.
   

Click here if you would like to download the organizer.