The government wants to toss 'junk fees' in the garbage

It included a small note referring to 'junk fees' that the government wants to see reduced for Canadians. That description matches how Jon Schwantes, senior policy counsel with Consumer Reports in Washington, D.C., defines junk fees. "It has to be a mandatory fee," said Schwantes, who works on research and advocacy concerning junk fees in the United States. LISTEN | Taking junk fees to the trash heap — maybe? :Junk fees legislation proposed in U.S.South of the border, U.S. politicians are further ahead than their Canadian counterparts, with the introduction of the Junk Fee Prevention Act in March by a Democratic and a Republican senator.