Timeline
The privacy benefits the list will achieve remain uncertain. A working group of the CRTC held hearings concerning the planned implementation of the list. It submitted recommendations on July 26, 2006.
On July 3, 2007, the CRTC announced it would be issuing a request for proposals to suppliers willing to provide this service. On December 21, 2007, the CRTC announced that it had picked Bell Canada to operate the National Do Not Call List for five years. It is funded from subscription fees paid by telemarketers, rather than relying on fees by end citizens. It became operational on September 30, 2008.
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