Canadian Do-Not-Call List Starting Sept. 30th: It’s a Farce!
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Okay, many people have been asking for this for quite some time and there seemed to have been a push when the US released their version of the list but ours seems to suck. Apparently there are a ton of exceptions. According to an article on the CBC website any number of groups can still call you.
“Charities, political parties, polling firms, newspapers and companies that have done business with an individual over the past 18 months can continue to make unsolicited phone calls. Canadians who do not wish to receive such calls can ask at the time of a call to be removed from the organization’s list, or contact them ahead of time and request the same.”
I suggest you give the article a read if you are a fellow Canadian. Then forget about using the service because the investment of your time in adding yourself will possibly out weight the time lost on hanging up on the telemarketer.
I must say that I prefer to get the one call, tell them I am not interested, ask them to remove my name from their list and then I log into my Primus account and permanently block their number 
Oh, and don’t forget that you will have to call them back every three years to keep your phone number, cell phone number or fax number off that list.
Hey… maybe we can waste a couple of billion dollars on this like we did with gun registry that is a more of a bureaucracy registry than anything!
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Neal Babcock
July 30th, 2008
at 1:14pm
This is very similar to the No Call list here in the US. It sounds like there are a lot of loopholes, and the re-upping every three years seems ridiculous, but the number of unsolicited calls we’ve gotten since going on the list is probably 98% fewer than before the list. It is well worth the effort.
JEN beaucage
July 31st, 2008
at 7:10am
I think this is bull!! I like many other people have been receiving these calls during the most annoying hours like supper time how many of you guys had a call during supper tiem!! BUT HAVE ANY OF YOU STOPPED TO THINK BY US GETTING THIS PHONE CALL INTERUPPTING OUR SUPPER IT IS PUTTING FOOD ON THE TABLE FOR ANOTHER FAMILY AT THE SAME TIME!! DEAL WITH THE ANNOYING PHONE CALLS OUR ECONOMY IS ALREADY ON THE DOWNS WHY ARE YOU GOING TO CUT MORE JOBS BY IMPLACING THIS REDICULOUS LIST!! I HATE THE CALLS I USUALLY HANG UP BUT HAYE THESE PEOPLE STILL HAVE A JOB!!
THANX COMING FROM AN UNEMPLOYED MOTHER WISHING I COULD BE WORKING AT A CALL CENTRE TO SUPPORT MY FAMILY!! AND CHEERS TO ALL YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO HAVE TO PUT UP WITH OUR BULLSHIT TO MAKE MINIMUM WAGE!!