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whats really bothering me is if you register here but the list of people or organisation is so large that its almost useless to use. Companies like to hide under the huge list of exceptions so this makes this feature kinda useless.

"Strict as in Canada's Do Not Call list, which only means once every 30 days you get telemarketers calling you, and you ask to be removed for the next 30 days."

You're confused. The "30 days" (actually 31) is the time the law allows for the telemarketers to update their lists after you've added your number to it. So, you won't necessarily see an effect in that time period and you can't pursue a complaint in that time if they call. Once it's past, the Do Not Call list in Canada is active for 5 years at a time.

When I enrolled in the DNC list a few years ago, the number of telephone solicitations I got dropped to a tenth of what it used to be. Perfect? Heck, no. For example, I still got some calls from companies in the US that claimed they did not realize they were calling Canada (probably BS) and that they were not familiar with the Do Not Call list laws here (also BS). So, you're right that we start getting calls from elsewhere, but when I do I usually pick the menu item to talk to a real human, let them know they're calling Canada, that I'm on the DNC list, and that they are therefore breaking the law. If they're calling *into* Canada and doing business here they are subject to it. Would they get prosecuted? Probably not without hundreds or thousands of complaints. But I've found that once I let the telemarketer know that I am on that list and that I'm aware of the law they are breaking, I usually don't hear from them again. In any case, even without the individual requests, the DNC list did have a substantial effect within a couple of months.

Also, although I don't think you can stop politicians from contacting you all at once, you can *individually* ask them and charities to remove you from their contact lists, and they are legally obliged to do so.

My provider likes to call me every few months and ask if i'd like their telephone service. I keep having to explain to them [..]

Have you tried telling them that you don't want marketing calls to your number?

National Do Not Call List: Who Can Still Call You?:

"If you do not want to be called by a telemarketer making an exempt call, you can ask to be put on the telemarketer's internal do not call list. Every Canadian telemarketer is required to maintain such a list and respect your wishes not to be called."

You want to go here: https://www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca/plt-cmp-eng

If you get one of these types of calls, just go Here: http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm and fill out the form.
 
And Canadians can go here:

https://www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca/plt-cmp-eng

You can de-register your phone # by doing the following:

To remove a residential, wireless, fax, or VoIP telephone number from the National Do Not Call List (DNCL), you must call the National DNCL Service Line at 1-866-580-DNCL (1-866-580-3625) or by a TTY 1-888-DNCL-TTY (1-888-362-5889) from the number you wish to remove.

from https://www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca/annins-dereg-eng.

Canada just got it's own do not call list- it started on Sept 30 / 2008.

https://www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca/index-eng