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Ottawa, 2 February 2016

NOTICE OF VIOLATION
File No.: PDR 9174-1515

To: Shopease Foods Inc.

Address: 2015 Upper Fisher Drive
Peterborough, ON
K9J 6X6

Date of Notice: 2 February 2016

Penalty: $25,000

Pursuant to section 72.07 of the Telecommunications Act, S.C. 1993, c. 38 (the Act), the undersigned has issued this Notice of Violation finding Shopease Foods 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 16 September 2013 and 17 March 2015, telemarketing telecommunications were made by Shopease Foods Inc., resulting in violations of: Part II, section 4 of the Rules, for initiating telemarketing telecommunications to telephone numbers registered on the National Do Not Call List (DNCL); Part II, section 6 of the Rules, for not having purchased a subscription to the National DNCL; and Part II, section 13 for having used a version of the National DNCL that was older than 31 days.

Pursuant to section 72.01 of the Act, the undersigned has determined that the penalty for the violations identified above is $25,000.

The penalty of $25,000 must be paid by Shopease Foods 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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