I received a call from (416) 493-7703 and the person on the other end of the line told me that they were conducting a "5 minute" survey on the Ottawa recycling program.  I told her sure I would be willing to answer the questions. She then proceeded to rapidly ask me questions that were garbled and not easily understood.  When I questioned her about one of the questions she responded like a robot...I asked if I could speak with her supervisor, did she have a supervisor, as I didn't think she was doing a very good job in asking the questions...this is after being on the phone for approximately 20 minutes for the 5-minute survey. She hung up the phone.

Why is a Toronto area code doing a survey for Ottawa and area?  This makes no sense to me.

SUCCESS! (I hope)

I tried David Wilson's advice (see post from April 15th) and received a response from the company.  I left a telephone message and e-mailed Mr. Nanos.  His written reply was:

"Thank you for your note. I will have your number removed from the list. Please note you have not received a ‘telemarketing’ call. We are a market research firm conducting public opinion survey of Canadians.

Your numbers have been removed.

Cheers,
John"

Figure that, eh?

Good luck all and be proactive!
R.

Just got a call from this number & when I picked up no one answered.  I have put my name on the national Do Not Call List so if I ever do have someone call again & I get a live person, I'll demand to be put on their DNL list.

this # has been calling for 4-5 days now ...twice on the 8th .
I called it back and it says the # is not assigned. grrrr.

This number just called - Sunday evening at 8:17 pm.  No answer when I say hello.

This number has been calling everyday for about 4 days. When I answer it there is no one there.  Called back and it didn't even ring.  I'm in Winnipeg.  Caller ID just says Ontario.Caller ID: OntarioAnnoyed Now!