NDP's Paul Dewar fined $7,000 for robocalls

[Locutus]

Oh dear.

OTTAWA — The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has handed out a total of $17,000 in fines over illegal robocalls made last year on behalf of the NDP and Ottawa Centre MP Paul Dewar.

The CRTC said Dewar’s campaign for the NDP leadership failed to identity itself as the originator of automated calls polling party members on their choice of leader, over two days in February 2012.

“The calls did not specify at the outset that they were being made on behalf of Mr. Dewar’s campaign, nor did they include the call originator’s mailing address or a call-back number,” the CRTC said in a press release.


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Ottawa Centre MP Paul Dewar fined $7,000 for illegal robocalls

 

[relic]

And the other ten G was ? i would have expected that krap from walter.

 

[WLDB]

ha. Well thats annoying seeing as I did real calls for him.

 

[Machjo]

Hmmm... that's my MP. I'd moved into his riding after the last election though, but still.

 

[WLDB]

Hmmm... that's my MP. I'd moved into his riding after the last election though, but still.

He was mine as well up until about two months ago. Now im on the other side of the Rideau River.

 

[Walter]

Not true. Everyone knows all robocalls were made by Conservatives.

 

[Locutus]

Company fined for illegal robocalls worked on Council of Canadians’ robocall lawsuit against Conservatives



The company Strategic Communications was fined $10,000 along with NDP MP Paul Dewar (see here) by the CRTC for making illegal robocalls:


Strategic Communications Inc. was issued a notice of violation for a robocall campaign it carried out on behalf of the NDP between 11 January and 20 January 2012 in the electoral district of St-Maurice-Champlain, Québec. The calls in question did not specify that they were being made on behalf of the NDP, nor did they include the call originator’s mailing address and contact telephone number. Strategic Communications Inc. cooperated with the CRTC’s investigation, paid a monetary penalty of $10,000 and committed to establish a comprehensive compliance program to prevent future such occurrences.

(see here)


More than a little ironical since Strategic Communications’ CEO Bob Penner acted as the Leftie activist group, Council of Canadians expert witness during their attempt at overturning the results of the last election:


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