5/ This is the second story w/ Ana Pereira looking into LendCare. In Nov, we found it partners with unscrupulous businesses across the country that prey on vulnerable borrowers through scams and other exploitative contracts: www.thestar.com/business/thi...

4/ LendCare also does repeat restructurings of loans to make them appear in good standing, again only temporarily. Former staff said they do this even in desperate cases where the company no longer has accurate banking information to pull payments.

3/ But this creates a temporary dip in delinquencies, before payments bounce back after a few days. Former staff told me LendCare also hits settled accounts with surprise payments. They said the company even hits dead borrowers' accounts.

2/ LendCare does so by running unexpected payments grabbing money sometimes earmarked for rent and other essential expenses. It often hits empty accounts, leading to NSF fees and further hurting vulnerable borrowers.

“The relentless framing from Canadian media outlets, which are deeply complicit in Israel’s genocide in Gaza, is near unconditional acquiescence to Israel’s fallacious narrative,” Joshua Sealy-Harrington told @thegrindto.bsky.social.

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I contributed reporting on this series with an international team of journalists from 20 outlets coordinated by the @eicnetwork.bsky.social. Read my story for @thestar.com here:
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2/2 et que les policiers qui violent les règles des enquêtes du BEI, ce qui est aussi arrivé à Longueuil, ne font face à aucune conséquence : www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...