Do not call complaints drop 30% in 2010: CRTC report

OTTAWA – Canadians registered 1.2 million numbers on the national do not call list last year, and 80% say that they are now receiving fewer telemarketing calls. According to a CRTC report for the period of April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011, the Commission imposed administrative monetary penalties and other payments worth $2.66 million for violations of the unsolicited telecommunications rules - $1.8 million of these fines were paid to the Receiver General for Canada and $741,000 to educational institutions. The CRTC received 115,113 complaints during that time, a 30% decrease over the previous period, bringing its total number of complaints...