CRTC hits Alberta’s Wildrose Party with $90,000 fine for robocalls in 2011, 2012

EDMONTON – Alberta’s Opposition Wildrose Party says it has paid a $90,000 penalty imposed by federal regulators for violating automated phone call rules.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission says Wildrose broke the rules before, during and after the April 2012 provincial election.

Wildrose president David Yager (YAY-ger) says the company that made the automated calls assured the party that it was following the rules.

He declined to name the company, but says the firm had made similar calls for other political parties.

Yager says Wildrose co-operated fully with the commission and will follow the rules in the future.

Federal regulations stipulate that automated phone calls must include the name of the party sponsoring the call, as well as an address and contact telephone number.