The Act to protect consumers from planned obsolescence and to promote the durability, repairability and maintenance of goods (?Law 29?) was adopted as part of an effort to modernize consumer law in Quebec. It amends the Consumer Protection Act1 (?CPA?) and is intended to better protect consumers in terms of the durability and repairability of goods. The main changes brought about by Law 29 can be summarized as follows: It introduces a legal warranty of good working order for certain commonly used new goods. It enhances the legal warranty of availability of replacement parts and repair services for goods that require maintenance work...
Legal warranty of good working order: new requirements for merchants and manufacturers
Lavery Lawyers, May 2026