The Proletariat Congress

Last Friday, while enjoying my two hour spare between classes, I found myself browsing the CBC’s news website in the hopes of finding something to bitch… I mean “blog” about. I noticed an article about Canada’s own highly touted “do not call list”. It was straight forward; since the introduction of this list, people have been receiving an unprecedented number of unsolicited phone calls.

Registered with the do-not-call list? Expect more calls, says consumer watchdog

I read it, briefly fumed then went on to find something else. In the end, my wrath returns to this topic because I have received on my cellphone, which is an unlisted number, numerous unsolicited spam calls from automated machines! Utterly disgusting that my phone is being bombarded with such trash. The worse is that I wanted to prevent anyone other than those I voluntarily gave my number to calling me.

916-219-8163
949-256-9160
866-529-5998

Above are just three such numbers from whom I have received automated phone calls from (I love my cellphone for that reason. The numbers were stored in my recently received calls list). The DNC List is utterly worthless. I’d sooner place all my blind faith in the Liberal’s Gun Registry – the million dollar boondoggle – than this travesty. At least that registry was somewhat worth the paper it was metaphorically printed on.

This is just further proof that the CRTC doesn’t give a rat’s ass about the Canadian consumer. It’s controlled by the large media conglomerates who want an easy profit and will do anything to increase their quarterly profit, even if it means selling their soul.

While I intend to file a complaint (do so here), I’m airing my grievances here so that anyone who does a search for those three numbers can see that these clearly belong to unscrupulous telemarketers who are violating the laws of our land. That the laws implemented here in Canada are being violated by Canadians themselves all for the sake of making easy money. It’s a bloody scam. I’m weary about complaining because it requires my phone number and it’s going to the sale lot of immoral scavengers of human misery. I was tempted not to until I was told that my number was already on their file… so it’s not as although they can do any more damage. Assholes.

In addition to ‘bitching’ through the complaints option, I’m also writing to my MP (though, I wouldn’t count on Ron Oliphant for much) and to my party, who I’ve received a decent reply from in the past when I’ve written about legitimate concerns.

It should be noted that all of the calls I’ve received are from machines. If you want to determine if it’s a machine, just wait a couple of seconds. The message won’t play and it waits until a human voice speaks. A human would notice if the ringing has stopped…

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