Recent CRTC Telecom Decision 2008-6 clarifies the CRTC
Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules. Once the CRTC's
the third party investigator under the rules is operational,
all organizations on whose behalf telemarketing is performed,
even those whose only telemarketing activities are exempt from
the National Do-Not-Call List (DNCL) Rules, will need to
register with and pay the National DNCL operator (currently
Bell Canada) and the investigator. Affected organizations
should proceed quickly to comply with these rules, expected to
be fully in force by September 30, 2008.
Rules
The rules and reasons for the enforcement and operation of
the National DNCL for companies and telemarketers are set out
in CRTC Telecom Decisions CRTC 2007-47 and CRTC 2007-48, both
issued July 3, 2007, and slightly amended in Telecom Decision
CRTC 2008-6. The Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules also
varied some of the
