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Telus is locked in a high-stakes legal battle with British Columbia’s consumer watchdog after being accused of charging a customer over $1,400 in bogus cancellation fees—and then stonewalling regulators. The watchdog says Telus initially claimed it had no records of complaints, later admitting they were buried under millions of customer communications. Now, Telus faces a potential $42,000 fine and court orders to overhaul how it handles regulatory requests. While Telus argues federal rules already cover these issues and the watchdog overreaches, B.C.’s regulator insists provincial consumer protection laws still apply. Telus dismissed the fee as human error, but inspectors saw it as a red flag—and Telus’s own lawyers later admitted they couldn’t even search their own data. The case is now on hold as the Supreme Court weighs in, exposing the messy clash between provincial oversight and federal telecom regulation—and leaving consumers wondering who really protects them.

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