Do-not-call list hung up (CANADA)

Do-not-call list hung up: "Do-not-call list hung up
Not expected for nearly two years


Carly Weeks, CanWest News Service; Ottawa Citizen
Published: Sunday, December 11, 2005

OTTAWA - Sick of picking up the phone to hear a canned voice urging you to expand your credit card collection? Well, don't expect relief from annoying calls anytime soon, despite a new law designed to give Canadians the chance to stop telemarketers.

Last-minute changes to the Telecommunications Act, passed just before the federal election was called, will let Canadians add their phone numbers to a national do-not-call list. Telemarketers are prohibited from calling numbers on the list, and face a hefty fine"