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SiriusXM Canada, five other companies fined $1.23M for telemarketing


OTTAWA-GATINEAU - SiriusXM Canada is among six Canadian companies that have paid a total of $1.23M as part of settlements over violations to Canada's telemarketing rules, the CRTC said Wednesday.Further to an investigation, the CRTC’s chief compliance and enforcement officer found that SiriusXM Canada hired telemarketers to conduct calls on its behalf, and that the telemarketers in turn called Canadians who were registered on the company’s internal do not call list.  The company has paid a $650,000 penalty.Raid Inc. paid a $500,000 penalty after the marketer hired call centres to make calls on behalf of its clients, without ensuring that...