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
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somecanuckchick dot com: 5 Robocon Facts
FACT: The Conservative Party of Canada is the only party presently being investigated for robocalls made during the last election. FACT: The Conservative Party of Canada was named in the search warrant which compelled RackNine to turn over documents pertaining to robocalls made in the riding of Guelph. FACT: The
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Robocon Scandal — UPDATE
An update to the continuing Robocon Scandal… Former Conservative Party of Canada/Harper government staffer, Michael Sona, has broken his silence and is denying any involvement in the robocalls that misdirected/misinformed voters in the Ontario riding of Guelph during the 2011 Canadian federal election. Michael Sona is also urging the guilty
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Robocon Scandal continues…
It started off with just a few robocalls… Now, it seems that there were thousands of robocalls and/or live calls designed to misinform/misdirect/insult/intimidate, etc. certain Canadian voters and these robocalls and/or live calls were made to specific ridings. It started off with just a few ridings… At last count, it
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Hi Ho! Hi Ho! It’s Off To Court We Go! Or do we?
Hi Ho! Hi Ho! It’s Off To Court We Go! Or do we? PART 20 of the Canada Elections Act discusses Contested Elections: Means of contestation 522. (1) The validity of the election of a candidate may not be contested otherwise than in accordance with this Part. No effect on
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Robocall Roundup
Robocalls A pre-recorded message with a female voice, in both French and English, claimed to be calling on behalf of Elections Canada. This message directed voters in ridings across the country to the wrong polling stations. RackNine Inc. — used by many Conservative Party of Canada candidates — has confirmed its
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Want to know how you can stop Bill C-10?
It’s not too late! Canadians can stop Bill C-10. Watch this: Then, contact your Canadian Senator and/or tell the Canadian Senate: Do not to rubber stamp the Omnibus Crime legislation.
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Did you know that aside from its short title, the words «children» and «predators» do not appear anywhere in Bill C-30? Once again, the Harper government’s PR machine is revving up to defend another idiotic piece of proposed legislation — and when I say idiotic, I mean pathologically idiotic! There is
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Canada, we have a problem!
Canada, we have a problem! We have a problem and its name is the Conservative Party of Canada. Sovereignty not the boogeyman it once was. Really, it’s not. If you think it is, then you don’t understand what happened during the last election and why Québec voted the way it
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The Harper government re-introduced the Copyright Modernization Act, Bill C-11 in September 2011. Wonder about where the coverage is on Bill C-11? Me, too. SOPA + PIPA may be dead — or shelved — but Bill C-11 is alive and well and set to pass ASAP in 2012. The Harper
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Second verse, same as the first!
*begin rant* I’m the Prime Minister I am, The Prime Minister I am, I am, I have a strong, stable, national Conservative majority government; Do as I say and not as I do. You voted for me and not a platform, And Canadian values are conservative values. I’m the Prime
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Millions of internet users and entrepreneurs already opposed the Stop Online Piracy Act and the PROTECT IP Act (aka SOPA and PIPA), including Google. Why NO SOPA? In case you missed it, somecanuckchick dot com went dark — along with thousands of others — on January 18, 2012 to protest SOPA
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: 240 Days of Rae
It seems the Liberal Party of Canada is better with Bob Rae than without him… After all, it has been approximately 240 days since Bob Rae became the interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada… and the Liberals are up in the polls. Coincidence?
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: And the next President of the Liberal Party of Canada is…
…Mike Crawley. Liberal Party of Canada delegates also elected Maryanne Kampouris as National Policy Chair. Congratulations!
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FYI: The Liberal Party of Canada will be streaming its Biennial Convention… live/en direct from Ottawa, January 13 – 15, 2012.
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: When will Ethical Oil release its donor list?
Ethical Oil was quick to slam environmental groups for taking US money… It appears Ethical Oil accepts funds, via PayPal, from around the world — including the USA. Just out of curiosity, when will Ethical Oil release its donor list?
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: On Kitimat…
The proposed oil pipeline from Bruderheim, AB to Kitimat, BC will spill. It is not a question of if, but when — and by how much. FYI, oil and gas pipeline incidents and accidents are a regular occurrence in Canada. The majority are classified as minor, discharging less than 10 litres
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Rainbow Pipeline Leak — Eight Months Later…
It has been 8 months since Plains Midstream Canada reported that there had been a Rainbow Pipeline leak, 100 km NE of Peace River, Alberta. As of December 2, 2011, there have been no updates made to the Plains Midstream Canada web site. [ Web Updates ] The largest Alberta
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: 11/11/11
In Flanders fields, the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved,
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Rainbow Pipeline Leak — Six Months Later…
It has been 6 months since Plains Midstream Canada reported that there had been a Rainbow Pipeline leak, 100 km NE of Peace River, Alberta. Initially, the Alberta media were told by Plains Midstream Canada that only a few hundred barrels of oil had leaked from the Rainbow Pipeline… There
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