Third-party communications are those conducted on behalf of a person without amateur radio certification. In the Canadian amateur radio service, what third-party communications are permissible?

Third-party communications involve passing messages on behalf of someone who does not hold an amateur radio certificate. Under Canadian regulations, you are allowed to pass these messages, provided they are strictly of a personal and non-commercial nature. The fundamental rule of the amateur radio service is that it cannot be used for pecuniary (financial) interest or to bypass commercial telecommunications providers. Therefore, business transactions, commercial dispatching, or employer communications are strictly prohibited. Third-party traffic is not limited to within Canada or specific digital networks; international third-party messages are also legal, provided the destination country has not prohibited them and the content remains non-commercial.