Telemarketing complaints on the rise

OTTAWA – Complaints about telemarketing spiked in July, with the CRTC fielding approximately 17,000 complaints.

According to the Commission’s most recent status report, five new investigations were opened in July, bringing the number of active investigations to 172. 

The national do not call list (DNCL) now contains 10,936,524 telephone or fax numbers.  Since its launch in 2008, 585,846 complaints have been logged.

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