The darkest hour for Jacques Vachon, chief legal officer of
Montrealbased AbitibiBowater Inc., was just before the company, the
largest newsprint producer in North America, filed for court
protection from creditors in April 2009.
You’ve got a big day of shopping mapped out. First, you are off to a bookstore to use the gift certificate you got for your birthday. You also need to pick up a new card for your cell phone. On your way home, you want to swing by the new shopping centre in your neighbourhood: you have a gift card good for all the stores.
All these gift certificates and cards are covered by the same rules. Under the law, they are called “prepaid cards”. You want to learn more? Read on.
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