You see, the [Canadian Standards Association] had an informal policy in its testing facility that every new product should fail the first test, that way the CSA can charge twice for the same certification. So by this standard, the first test didn’t need any actual testing per se, the product was predetermined to fail for financial reasons.
Manufacturers are generally aware of these practices but there’s not much they can do about them. Its just a cost of doing business. Safety certification is mandatory, the CSA is unavoidable, so double charging is a sort of tax that everyone grumbles about but eventually it gets paid.
But wait! It gets better.
Great work this guy at RestoreCSA is doing exposing all this fraud and corruption, but what is Minister James Moore doing about it? Let me guess, nothing?
In the USA the Department of Commerce has strict procedures for Lab evaluations & Testing, or did have before Obama. A complaint ,as described in the CSA threads, by a Manufacture (Vendor)or a competitor would result in serious consequences.
Hmmm, guess I’ll be “tilt testing” all my new heater purchases from now on.
CSA-CBC-CCRA-CRTC and that’s just the ‘C’ section of the ombudsman’s bucket list. Time Harper came out of his coma and cast an eye at the bloated kleptocracy he administers
I always thought that UL (Underwriters Laboratory) had a Canadian certification, (ULC) to perform the same function as CSA is supposed to do, but for products of US origin. How are their ethics?