First, on the Racknine suit against Martin and the NDP…NDP MP Pat Martin issued an apology yesterday for the statements he made regarding Racknine when the issue appeared in the news around late February. His apology was unequivocal, offering no defence, making it appear to be an attempt to mitigate
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Impolitical: Chart of the week
Click to enlarge. (Source) Elections Canada was largely singled out for budgetary savings, among all the Agents of Parliament in the Harper/Flaherty budget. When it is in the midst of a 200 riding-wide investigation across the country to determine what happened with harassing and misleading phone calls that may have
Continue readingThe Equivocator: Micah Goldberg: Pennywise Mr. Harper
The end of the penny has caused many important cuts in Steven Harper’s first majority budget to have been buried. CBC funding was cut to the amount of $115 million dollars, $56 million was cut from the Canadian Food Inspections Agency, the Katimavik program was scrapped altogether, the list goes
Continue readingCo2 Art: Election Fraud: This is Where the Ben Johnson Principle Should Kick in.
You Cheat You Lose the Gold Medal The citizens group the Council of Canadians is filing to overturn election results in seven ridings over election fraud. The seven ridings across the country all experienced shady live or “robo” phone calls which appeared to have the objective of interfering with people’s
Continue readingCo2 Art: Election Fraud: This is Where the Ben Johnson Principle Should Kick in.
You Cheat You Lose the Gold Medal The citizens group the Council of Canadians is filing to overturn election results in seven ridings over election fraud. The seven ridings across the country all experienced shady live or “robo” phone calls which appeared to have the objective of interfering with people’s
Continue readingCo2 Art: Election Fraud: This is Where the Ben Johnson Principle Should Kick in.
You Cheat You Lose the Gold Medal The citizens group the Council of Canadians is filing to overturn election results in seven ridings over election fraud.The seven ridings across the country all experienced shady live or “robo” phone calls which appe…
Continue readingImpolitical: 7 Robocon lawsuits filed
The latest from McMaher: The Council of Canadians has launched legal challenges of May federal election results in seven ridings, on behalf of electors living in those ridings. The ridings are: Don Valley East (Lib Ratansi defeated by Con, 890 votes), Winnipeg South Centre (Lib Neville defeated by Con, 722
Continue readingFar and Wide: Pre-Mature Verdicts
I’ve been utterly amazed at how many supposed political “experts”, pundits, observers, have been so quick to pass judgement on the robo-call affair. There is a dismissive tone, intertwined with some sort of misplaced arrogance, that thinks the electorate fits into some neat theorem. There is a reason all study
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Demand a Royal Commission, Canada!
FACT: Only the Harper government can call for a judicial inquiry into the Robocalls Scandal… and that ain’t gonna happen, Canada! Would you like a Royal Commission to investigate the Robocalls Scandal? Would you like to know how you can make that happen, Canada? Contact the Governor General and demand
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Scourge of Rogue Elements
Following Canadian Tire’s conviction for gasoline price-fixing in Kingston and Brockville, a spokesperson for the company, Liz Hamilton, had this to say: “… the company’s participation in the price-fixing ring was the work of a single regional business manager, who is no longer with the company after an internal investigation.”
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: There is a pattern here, Canada!
Deny, deny, deny, deny, deny! Drag through the courts — on the Canadian taxpayers’ dime — for 5.5 years! And then… The Conservative Party of Canada admitted to illegal campaign advertising tactics. The Conservative Party of Canada plead guilty to Elections Canada Act violations.
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: The Robocon Scandal is more widespread than previously thought…
I maintain that if even one voter in these ridings was intimidated/misdirected/misinformed by these robocalls — that’s one too many! These robocalls are grounds “for a f*cking huge investigation”! The Robocon Scandal is more widespread than previously thought… New phone records show that robocalls targeted voters in ridings all across
Continue readingPeople are jumping to conclusions that we’re stupid, MP says
Defenders say MP Dean Del Mastro’s performance on CBC-TV could be due to medication
Continue readingTrashy's World: Friday miscellany…
Encyclopaedia Britannica edition… Bye-bye to that venerable institution. I remember when my parents bought a set from a door-to-door salesman. I went through every single page! But the truth is that research tools have come a long way and we shouldn’t mourn the death of the candle because of the
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Is the gun smoking yet?
An investigation by CBC News has turned up voters all over Canada who say the reason they got robocalls sending them to fictitious polling stations was that they had revealed they would not vote Conservative. Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand announced today that he now has over 700 Canadians from
Continue readingRunesmith's Canadian Content: Confessions of a RoboCaller
My name is Jennifer Smith, and I’m a robocaller.No, not that robocaller. Compared to Mr. Poutine I’m small potatoes, really. I just called a few hundred of my supporters in Ward 2 in Milton on the eve of the 2010 municipal election to remind them to ge…
Continue readingRunesmith's Canadian Content: Confessions of a RoboCaller
My name is Jennifer Smith, and I’m a robocaller. No, not that robocaller. Compared to Mr. Poutine I’m small potatoes, really. I just called a few hundred of my supporters in Ward 2 in Milton on the eve of the 2010 municipal election to remind them to get out and
Continue readingRunesmith's Canadian Content: Confessions of a RoboCaller
My name is Jennifer Smith, and I’m a robocaller. No, not that robocaller. Compared to Mr. Poutine I’m small potatoes, really. I just called a few hundred of my supporters in Ward 2 in Milton on the eve of the 2010 municipal election to remind them to get out and
Continue readingLaw is Cool: About Those Robocalls…
Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro was himself behind two robocalls on election day, the Calgary Herald revealed today. Del Mastro’s campaign manager, Jeff Westlake, sent recorded messages to constituents reminding them that it was election day and offering rides, but only identified the caller as “Jeff.” The problem is that
Continue readingMichael Sona speaks out. UPDATED: It appears to be a hoax.
UPDATE: @saskboy advises this video is a fake. @PopeShakey provides the photo evidence: “I have a lot more dirt than this and it’s all going to come out now.” “By the way everybody, there are worse and more disturbing Robocalls to come.” H/T: @PopeShakey
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