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Ottawa, 29 January 2016

NOTICE OF VIOLATION
File No.: PDR 9174-1600

To: Mr Steven Schmeiser
Homelife Bayview Realty Inc.

Address:
505 Hwy # 7 East, Suite 201
Thornhill, Ontario, L3T 7T1

Date of Notice and Payment: 29 February 2016

Penalty: $45,000

Pursuant to section 72.02 of the Telecommunications Act, S.C. 1993, c. 38 (the Act), the undersigned has issued this Notice of Violation finding Homelife Bayview Realty Inc to have committed the following violations contrary to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s (CRTC’s) Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules (the Rules) made under section 41 of the Act:

Between 13 April 2013 and 14 October 2014, real estate agents acting on behalf of Homelife Bayview Realty Inc. initiated telemarketing telecommunications to consumers, notwithstanding that Homelife Bayview Realty Inc. was not duly registered nor subscribed to the National Do Not Call List (DNCL), thereby violating Part II, Section 6 and Part III, Section 2 of the Rules.

Pursuant to section 72.01 of the Act, the undersigned has determined that the total penalty for the violations identified above is $45,000.

The penalty of $45,000 must be paid by Homelife Bayview Realty Inc. to “The Receiver General for Canada” in accordance with subsection 72.09(3) of the Act.

Tom Lowry
Director - Compliance and Enforcement Sector

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