Difference between revisions of "Credit Reports and Credit Ratings"

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== Client problems==
== Client problems==
* Client wants to know how a bad credit rating affects their ability to get credit.

* Client wants to know how a bad credit rating affects their ability to get credit.

* Client asks about the effect of using a remedy under the [http://canlii.ca/t/7vcz ''Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act''], including going bankrupt, making a proposal, or getting a consolidation order on one’s credit rating.

* Client asks about the effect of using a remedy under the [http://canlii.ca/t/7vcz ''Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act''], including going bankrupt, making a proposal, or getting a consolidation order on one’s credit rating.

* Client has been turned down for credit and says the credit report is unfair or incorrect.

* Client has been turned down for credit and says the credit report is unfair or incorrect.

* Client asks how to get access to their credit file at the credit bureau.

* Client asks how to get access to their credit file at the credit bureau.

 
 
== Summary of the law==
== Summary of the law==
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