Canadians continue to sign up on do not call list

OTTAWA – The number of telephone and fax numbers registered on Canada’s national do not call list (DNCL) continued to climb in October, while the number of complaints about telemarketers dropped, according to a report released Tuesday by the CRTC. The status report said that as of October 31, 2011, approximately 119,000 new Canadian numbers had been registered, up sharply from about 90,000 numbers in August of this year. The Commission received over 12,000 complaints about telemarketing communications in August, but by October, that number had fallen to under 11,000. Six new investigations were opened in October, bringing the number...