Well, it's been a long time coming.And I have to admit I had almost given up hope that anybody would ever be charged in connection with the RoboCon Scandal.But finally somebody has picked up the ringing phone and answered my prayers. After 21 months of investigation, Elections Canada has charged a former Conservative campaign staffer over misleading robocalls in Guelph, Ont. in the 2011 election. And now I can't help but think that this is just The Beginning….of the end of Stephen Harper.Read more »
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Oh goody. I see that TV stations have started running It's a Wonderful Life over and over again.So Christmas can't be more than a month away !!!! Although I've gotta say I really hate the Con version eh?Where John Baird plays the senile Un… . . . → Read More: Montreal Simon: Con Canada: Harperland or Pottersville? Ever since the robocall scandal began the Cons have always claimed that if there was a "problem" it was a small one. It was limited to the Guelph area, the work of a rogue operative or operatives, and that people only complained AFTER the el… . . . → Read More: Montreal Simon: Robocalls: Is the Con Story Crumbling? Ring. Ring. Hello.Is this Pierre Poutine?Why do you ask?Remember the movie The Postman Always Rings Twice?Yeah. Why?Because do you hear that ringing sound? My dark cockroach. It's Elections Canada. Read more » . . . → Read More: Montreal Simon: The Robocall Scandal Heats Up Again Elections Canada is [finally] investigating the fraudulent and deceptive calls, aka robocalls, made during the last election… beyond Guelph, Ontario. Slower than molasses in January! Other posts on the Robocon Scandal: A Midsummer Night’s Robocon Scandal Update… 5 Robocon Facts Robocon Scandal continues… Robocon Scandal — UPDATE Robocon Scandal — UPDATE 2 Alas, Canada… we’re not any closer to knowing if Pierre Poutine, aka Pierre Jones, is — or isn’t — Andrew Prescott. What of the 1,394 complaints alleging specific occurrences in 234 of Canada’s 308 federal ridings? As far as I can tell, Elections Canada isn’t even investigating anything any more — except for Guelph. And, even then, recently released documents shed no light on the mysterious Pierre Poutine… And those 1300+ complaints? Well, Elections Canada still refuses to give new information about the status of the investigation — any investigation — into those other ridings. Other posts on the Robocon Scandal: Robocon (Read more…) I hate this time of the year. When you wish summer would go on forever eh? But you know it will soon be over. And as David Frum tweeted recently "Few things on earth are sadder than the last week of a Canadian August."Read more » He's still out there hiding in the shadows. His foul breath still hangs heavy in the air. But it seems the trail of the demon dialer Pierre Poutine has come to a dead end. Elections Canada investigators tracking “Pierre Poutine” hit a dead end when the Internet address behind misleading robocalls in the last election led them to an open Wi-Fi connection in a private residence near Guelph. So we may never know who tried to steal an election.Read more » It’s been almost a month since I’ve blogged anything about the Robocalls Scandal, aka Robogate, aka Robocon (#robocon to the #cdnpoli Twitterati)… Unfortunately, the only thing new on #robocon is the recent departure… err, retirement of William Corbett and the surprise announcement by Elections Canada that Yves Côté would be the new Commissioner of Canada Elections. Apparently, Elections Canada does not think that a change like this will affect the investigations into the Robocalls Scandal or any related investigations. Well, that remains to be seen… Required Reading: Robocall Roundup Robocon Scandal continues… 5 Robocon Facts Robocon Scandal — (Read more…) Uh oh. I KNEW it was a mistake to make Dean Del Mastro, the Con point man on the robocall scandal. One moment he was leading the charge, bellowing like a bull, claiming da Liberals did it, and that the Cons didn't do dirty stuff like that. The next moment he was under investigation. Read more » So, the IP address Pierre Poutine used also accessed Andrew Prescott’s Racknine account. But, there’s no smoking gun? And now, Elections Canada is talking about regulating — not banning — robocalls made during an election. Because regulating them makes it all better… Other posts on the Robocon Scandal: 5 Robocon Facts Robocon Scandal continues… Robocon Scandal — UPDATE I always wondered whether Stephen Harper would be brought down by the monsters he created. And in that regard I must say I'm extremely encouraged. The digital trail left by the suspect behind misleading robocalls to Guelph voters on election day 2011 has sharply narrowed, with Internet records linking the mysterious “Pierre Poutine” to an account held by a worker from the campaign of local Conservative candidate Marty Burke. Read more » Well I suppose it had to happen eh? Sooner or later the investigation into the RoboCon scandal had to lead all the way to the Con War Room. Elections Canada investigators on the trail of the “Pierre Poutine” suspect in the robocalls case have been asking questions about the actions of staff at Conservative party headquarters in Ottawa. And start to look more and more like Canada’s Watergate. Nearly a year after the investigation began, the agency is trying to determine why database records provided by the party appear to be missing entries that could help identify who downloaded . . . → Read More: Montreal Simon: The RoboCon Scandal and the Con War Room As you know I’ve had my doubts about Andrew Scheer, the Speaker of the House, ever since he ruled that Vic Toews’ parliamentary privileges had been violated by Anonymous. Boo hoo zombie. After ruling last December that the disgusting misleading phone call campaign aimed at Irwin Cotler did not violate HIS privileges. And this doesn’t help. The political machine behind the man who is now Speaker of the House of Commons opened its wallet for the Guelph Conservative campaign currently under scrutiny by Election Canada’s robo-calls probe, records at the watchdog agency show. Not after these interventions. Mr. Scheer . . . → Read More: Montreal Simon: The Robot Speaker and the RoboCon Scandal 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 a Royal Commission! Golly Sherlock. This RoboCon story just keeps getting more and more mysterious. First it was who and where is Pierre Poutine? Then it was who gave him the password to the Con data bank, and who paid his bills? And now it’s who and where is Rick McKnight? RackNine, the Edmonton company that suspect “Pierre Poutine” used to send voters to the wrong polling locations, is operated by Edmonton businessman Matt Meier, with the help of Rick McKnight, who is identified variously as head of marketing and web developer. But Postmedia News and the Ottawa Citizen are unable to . . . → Read More: Montreal Simon: The RoboCon Scandal: Who is Rick McKnight ? 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. 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 Ontario — not just Guelph. Oh. My. Gravy. I don’t know if the Chief Electoral Officer likes poutine. But it’s good to know that even if he doesn’t, he’s got a heap of complaints to munch on. “Immediately following the 2011 general election, the Commissioner of Canada Elections deployed resources to investigate complaints of fraudulent or improper calls. Since then over 700 Canadians from across the country have informed us of specific circumstances where they believe similar wrongdoing took place. And unlike the Cons he’s ready to talk to a parliamentary committee. “As I have previously indicated, I intend to submit a report . . . → Read More: Montreal Simon: RoboCon Scandal: The Cover Up Starts to Unravel 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 across the country who allege specific circumstances of fraudulent or improper calls. I have to ask, is the gun smoking yet? How about now? Now? Well, I guess this Gable cartoon kind of says it all. I mean what more can you say eh? That’s what the Cons have done to our Parliament. But since this is after all a four-ring fascist circus, it’s a quiet day, and I’m feeling a bit idiot, I thought I’d bring you some of the other lowlights. (1) Michael Sona says he’s shocked, shocked I tell you, that members of his own gang could finger him as a suspect. Anonymous Conservatives have repeatedly fingered Michael Sona, singling out him alone among a group of workers on the campaign . . . → Read More: Montreal Simon: An Idiot’s Guide to the RoboCon Scandal On a grey, wet, day in Harperland it wasn’t too hard to imagine myself in the last scene of The Planet of the Apes. Or imagine myself giving up blogging. For it was the worst of days. First there was this devastating blow Which means we might never know who Jean Poutine is until after the next election. And then there was the grotesque scene in the Commons. Where the Con ape Dean Del Mastro managed to turn the proceedings into a farce. There were at least three questions here, perhaps as many as four. Mr. Del Mastro acknowledged . . . → Read More: Montreal Simon: Blogging in the Darkness of Harperland REPEAT AFTER ME: An issue-based call is not a voter suppression call. An issue-based call, setting out where [Conservative candidate Marty Burke] stood on the issue — of Abortion — is not remotely the same as a voter suppression call where voters were targeted, with calls claiming to be from Elections Canada, stating specific polling stations had been moved. REPEAT AFTER ME: An issue-based call is not a voter suppression call. Golly. I see the identity of the elusive Scarlet Pimpernel Blue Poutine is about to be revealed. The news that Elections Canada investigators are aware of the IP address that “Pierre Poutine” used to set up the Guelph, Ont., robocall account has convinced a suspect to step forward and accept responsibility for the deceptive calls, sources say. And before him/her/them goes to the guillotine Senate, I’d like to ask these questions. (1) Who paid for those calls? And where are the receipts? (2) Who wrote all those scripts? “Where did he get the script?” the source said. . . . → Read More: Montreal Simon: Some Questions for Pierre Poutine I had to work today so I wasn’t able to make it to any of these rallies. But I was with them in spirit, I really liked their signs and their message. “We need an independent inquiry right now so it can be dealt with and the crooks should be put in jail,” one protester told Global News. And it was great to see Canadians taking to the streets, because that’s the only way to keep the RoboCon scandal alive, and put pressure on the Harper regime to call that public inquiry. Oh sure, the crowds weren’t huge. But they . . . → Read More: Montreal Simon: The RoboCon Scandal: Taking it to the Street |
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