What, I ask you, is the point of this:
"Last week, committee members engaged in a sad display of self-congratulation, as a two-hour House of Commons debate on the bill became an opportunity for several Members of Parliament to highlight their work in limiting the bill's effectiveness.
Committee members claimed that the exception for political parties is needed to allow for 'freedom of speech and for get out the vote campaigns.'
Similarly, an exception for polling companies was deemed to be essential because a truly effective do-not-call list could lead to 'unrepresentative samples of the Canadian public created by unreliable survey results.'
No one seemed to consider whether polling companies have alternate means of conducting surveys without resorting to invasive phone calls.
The reliance on telemarketing by charities and businesses was cited as the primary reason for those exceptions. One MP claimed that without the exception, charities 'would have been condemned to die,' while the prior business relationship exception, which allows businesses to call customers 18 months after their last transaction or six months after a mere inquiry, is needed for businesses to 'survive.'"
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