Wildrose fined $90,000 for breaking phone rules

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by First Lady

You don't have to though.

Political parties, constituency associations and candidates are exempt from using the National Do Not Call list, but most parties have their own DNC list.

Here is the link to register on the Wildrose DNC.

http://wildrose.ca/dncl/

Oh sweet! So I don't get bothered by intrusive calls anymore, I just have to go to 30 different websites one night for all parties at all levels of government, and then I get to live in peace and quiet.

How considerate!

[First Lady]

Originally Posted by hulkrogan

Oh sweet! So I don't get bothered by intrusive calls anymore, I just have to go to 30 different websites one night for all parties at all levels of government, and then I get to live in peace and quiet.

How considerate!

Oh come on... there are only 2 parties in Alberta that can afford to call you.

Well maybe only one now; seems the budget has been blown on fines.

[worth]

Good, they annoyed me enough to purposely NOT vote for them in the last election.

[Fozzie_DeBear]

Yeah...you would have to think that the ROI for robocalling has got to be negative.

[smoothpops]

Originally Posted by Flashpoint

I don't really understand why anyone would answer a call from a number displayed as "Unknown". It's obviously going to be spam.

At this point, I don't answer any call that isn't already someone in my address book. If actually is someone I know they'll leave a message.

Or contact me in one of the half dozen better ways to get ahold of me (email, text, FB etc).

I can't imagine how political parties think robo-calls are a good idea in today's society.

I'm on the transplant list, apparently their calls show up as "blocked" or "unknown". telemarketers are truly the bain of my existence.

[Rocky Raccoon]

Originally Posted by First Lady

You don't have to though.

Political parties, constituency associations and candidates are exempt from using the National Do Not Call list, but most parties have their own DNC list.

Here is the link to register on the Wildrose DNC.

http://wildrose.ca/dncl/

Sounds too good to be true. I expect if I punch my number in there I'll end up with 10x the calls from agencies Wildrose sold my number to in order to fund future campaigns.