Procedure and House Affairs committee  The current regime that it is under, the unsolicited telecommunications rules with regard to the penalties, would apply. So far it's been working very fine for us.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Once a notice of violation has been issued, and it includes an AMP, whether it includes it or not, it becomes public. There's a period of time where the regulated party can make written representation to the commission if they want to bring to our attention facts that could chang

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There's a telecommunications decision that was issued by the CRTC in 2007 that lists the factors that are considered in the making of that decision. But there is discretion in the officer's judgment with regard to what constitutes a significant violation, for instance. But the fa

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We would assess the complaint. If it's not related to our responsibilities under the bill, we would contact Elections Canada and make sure they're aware of those alleged violations so they can look at their own responsibilities and take their own enforcement actions.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, okay. No problem. The complaints under the do-not-call list or the unsolicited telecommunications rules are made to the CRTC, the current operator of the DNCL. We look at the complaint and make sure that all of the information has been provided, what we call validation of t

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The bill would provide additional safeguards to what currently exists under the unsolicited telecommunications rules, as my colleague explained earlier, with regard to the requirement to register, to provide identification, and to maintain copies of scripts and recordings. If t

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You would contact the CRTC.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would add that the demonstrated record of the CRTC in enforcing the current rules that are in place and that affect the activities of political parties under the automatic dialing and announcing device rules demonstrate that we take our role very seriously and we don't hesitate

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If I may add to that, one of the first steps in securing compliance is to make the regulated parties and persons who are subject to the rules aware of their responsibilities. The CRTC would likely consider conducting an outreach campaign to inform both the candidates and the serv

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman. As you already likely know, the CRTC administers and maintains the national do-not-call list as a tool to protect the privacy of Canadians, but also to reduce the number of unsolicited calls that they receive from telemarketers. To date, the natio