04 February, 2012 Last updated 18 hours 19 minutes ago

Investment industry planning to challenge new do-not-call list ruling

The financial industry says it plans to lobby against a recent CRTC decision that brings financial planners under the rules of the national do-not-call list, Ian Russell, president and CEO of the Investment Industry Association of Canada (IIAC), said in an interview.

“This [decision] has happened without any notice and any opportunity to adjust to the new reality,” Russell told The Wire Report.

“What’s important is to mount a lobbying effort with the CRTC to get this changed.”

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