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National Do Not Call List (July 31, 2008)

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The National Do Not Call List (DNCL) Should Be Launched By September 30, 2008 (http://news.gc.ca/web/view/en/index.jsp?articleid=412689)
news.gc.ca, 30th July 2008

On December 21, 2007 the CRTC awarded a five-year contract to Bell Canada to operate the National DNCL. The National DNCL will be a nationwide registry…

Telemarketers will not be allowed to call you, …. Calls made on behalf of organizations or made for certain purposes as listed below, are exempt from the National DNCL rules:

  • registered charities;
  • political parties;
  • nomination contestants, leadership contestants or candidates of a political party;
  • opinion polling firms or market research firms conducting surveys when the call does not involve the sale of a product or service;
  • general circulation newspapers calling for the purpose of selling a subscription;
  • to a consumer who has an existing business relationship with the organization; and
  • to business consumers.

Organizations that are making calls which are exempt from the National DNCL (except for organizations collecting information for a survey) are required to keep their own do not call lists….

If the findings show that a violation has occurred, the Commission may issue a notice of violation and impose monetary penalties for each violation of up to $1,500 for individuals and up to $15,000 for corporations…

There should be a technological solution to this provided by the market such as a special ringtone [to discourage unwanted marketers]. The Do Not Call regime is just more interference with our lives that makes it harder for Canadians to do business and make a living. The telecommunications system should not be a trap for people to cause them to break the law if they pick up the phone! Who could have thought of anything more oppressive than “if I don’t check this list first before I pick up the phone, I might breaking the law”.

I gave my non-totalitarian suggestion for how to indicate a desire for privacy. Now it is up to Canadians to stop using government to oppress other people [actually it’s probably not the fault of ordinary Canadians]. Someone might wonder how we were able to survive before the Do Not Call regime came about. How will we survive with it? One more rock piled on top of Canada’s economic life.

July 31st, 2008

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