Conservatives for Bryan Hayes doing anonymous automated telemarketing calls

[SilverDog]

I got a call from 705-254-5309 with an automated voice (illegal) asking poll questions, starting with "for or against long gun registry".

The caller ID was just the number with no name.

Calling that number got an answer by a Bryan Hayes campaign worker.

So the Tories are trying to anonymously get voters' opinions so they can selectively customize their marketing spin.

Sophisticated and devious.

[KARM]

Yes, I got the call and hung up. No way I was going to participate if they didn't even announce who they were polling for.

[Bluesky]

What? Automated calls are illegal? I get them all the time! Where do you get info about the illegality of them?

[NewCasa]

What? Automated calls are illegal? I get them all the time! Where do you get info about the illegality of them?

Do you think Hayes paid for his own copy of the do not call list or do you think he tapped into the one his party surely must have centrally?

[Barry Morris]

I'm pretty sure that all the parties would work together to make sure thay could use this means of communicating.

[Bluesky]

Politicians are exempt from the Do Not Call list, aren't they?
I got YET another call yesterday from the Conservatives and I told them quite firmly that if I get one more call from them, my vote is going elsewhere. (And I was once a card carrying member).
I'll keep you posted.

[NewCasa]

Politicians are exempt from the Do Not Call list, aren't they?
I got YET another call yesterday from the Conservatives and I told them quite firmly that if I get one more call from them, my vote is going elsewhere. (And I was once a card carrying member).
I'll keep you posted.

I have no idea, but they shouldn't be. Of course, they exempt themselves from pretty much all the other rules they don't like so I guess it should be expected they'd be exempt from this as well.

[Bluesky]

I just looked it up.
Who Can Still Call You?

Consumers should understand that registering on the National DNCL will reduce but not eliminate all telemarketing calls. There are certain kinds of telemarketing calls that are exempted from the National DNCL Rules.

The exemptions include telemarketing calls made by, or on behalf of:

Canadian registered charities;
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Newspapers of general circulation for the purpose of soliciting subscriptions.
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