Canadians will be able to avoid unsolicited and really anoying telemarketer calls by registering with the national do-not-call list in exactly five days. The Canadian federal telecommunications regulator confirmed it will be ready for the Sept 30th. Just don’t expect for all calls to stop right away since the companys will have 31 days to update their calling lists. You can register to be added to the list by phone or online starting Sept. 30.

The Canadian Radio television and Telecommunications Commission warned that telemarketers found in violation of the do not call list could face fines of up to $1,500 for individuals and up to $15,000 for corporations.

Exceptions to the list include calls from political parties, charities,  polling companies and newspapers selling subscriptions. Why in hell they allowed the newspapers selling subscriptions is beyond me. If i want the paper i will call and subscribe. Organizations with which the consumer has an existing business relationship are also allowed to call you. Hopefully this will cut out the bastards that call saying you won a all included vacation.

This may just mean you might be able to sleep in saturday morning without some sweat shop call center pissing you off. I guess we will see what happens, one thing is for sure atleast we got something in place. This system comes 5 years after the american do not call list took off. I hope they have the webservers ready to take a heavy load. The US system at the peak of the day, the Web site was being visited 1,000 times every second. By noon time, the registry had received 250,000 thousand names and by mid afternoon the number had climbed to 650,000, according to the Federal Trade Commission, which operates the reigistry.

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