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somecanuckchick dot com: The Robocon Scandal that was and wasn’t…
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
Continue readingsomecanuckchick 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 readingVancouver Observer Gives Intimate Look Into Conservative Suppression Tactics
Orwell had never been Robocalled Emma Pullman, Director of Research at Leadnow.ca, has published an article in the Vancouver Observer that promises to blow the deflections of the Conservative Party of Canada (RE Robocalls) completely out of the water. In her article she writes about John Fryer, Professor of Labour Economics at
Continue readingVancouver Observer Gives Intimate Look Into Conservative Suppression Tactics
Emma Pullman, Director of Research at Leadnow.ca, has published an article in the Vancouver Observer that promises to blow the deflections of the Conservative Party of Canada (RE Robocalls) completely out of the water. In her article she writes about John Fryer, Professor of Labour Economics at UVic and Member
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: No more reprehensible MP than this guy
Veterans called NDP hacks, Jeff Davis, Postmedia News “OTTAWA — Calgary MP Rob Anders — who embarrassed himself by falling asleep in the Veterans Affairs committee last week — offered an apology to veterans in the House of Commons Tuesday. “…After nodding off in a committee meeting held in Halifax,
Continue readingMulcair or Dewar: My Brain or My Heart
The Federal New Democratic Party leadership race has entered it’s final weeks and I’m completely torn. Let me start off by saying that Thomas Mulcair has been floating back and forth between my first, and second, choice for a while now. It’s true, I’ve come out full force in support
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: CPC: Deceivers, deluders, dissimulators
“Losers lose, winners win, cheaters cheat, and sinners sin; Dreamers dream, cryers cry, fools believe, and Liars Lie.” Conservative MPs used U.S.-based telemarketers, Greg Weston, CBC News The prime minister and his parliamentary secretary, Peterborough MP Dean Del Mastro, claimed in the Commons that the Liberals were the only party
Continue readingThis Just in: Conservative Government Votes No-Confidence in Elections Canada
Thanks to Glen McGregor of the Ottawa Citizen I made my way to this article, which seems to be an editorial. It’s amazing that the Conservatives show complete contempt for this body, the very body that oversees elections in our country. I probably shouldn’t be too surprised though, since it
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 readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Harper is now in a hurry
“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.” ~ Winston Churchill Harper denies Conservative link to fraudulent election ‘robocalls‘, By Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher, Ottawa Citizen and Postmedia News …In response to a Postmedia News-Ottawa Citizen
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 readingWhen Dealing With Harper, It’s About Tone
Over the years many on the political left in Canada have been quick to demonize Harper as “the devil” or “out to destroy Canada”. Demonizing Harper is one sure-fire way to do several things A)Work to his advantage because he can easily say the opposition are emotional and over sensitive
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Conservatives: They Giveth, Then Accuse You of Taketh
Such appears to be the attitude towards Bonavista-Grand Falls-Windsor MP Scott Simms, who was subject to an investigation by Peter MacKay into Simms’ ride on a Search & Rescue Cormorant – a ride extended to Simms by MacKay’s office, according to Simms. From the CBC: Emails that have now been
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: What will Canada be?
I wonder if evangelical christian Stephen Harper would agree with views of American fundamentalist Franklin Graham. That million dollar a year American preacher is the son of Billy who began in the Christian and Missionary Alliance church favoured by Canada’s Prime Minster. Stephen Harper seems at least to share the
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: C-10 Omnibus Crime Bill Illustrated
A whiteboard re-cap of Bill C-10, the Harper Government® omnibus anti-crime legislation that is currently being reviewed by Senate… The video urges viewers to contact the Senate to voice objections to the bill in its current form. Should you be interested in doing so, a while back the Canadian Bar
Continue readingLeDaro: Stephen Harper and Vic Toews: Conservative Priorities
Safe: Child’s play. Dangerous, may warrant police raids. Conservative priorities are out of whack with reality: according to them, there’s money for fighter jets and prisons we don’t need, but cutting valuable staff from Environment Canada is okay… because there is not enough money? I guess Harper was worried that
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Our government exposes itself
“We will purchase the F-35. We’re on record. We’re part of the crusade. We’re not backing down.” — Julian Fantino, associate minister of national defence, Fort Worth, Texas, Nov. 8, 2011. Read more by Michael Byers Critics of a bill that would give law enforcement new powers to access Canadians’
Continue readingRPS Podcast: Privacy and Surveillance, The Vikileaks Edition
My new podcast is up. You can listen to it here. Enjoy Filed under: Harper Government, Harper Majority, Progressives Tagged: Ethics, OpenMedia.ca, Privacy, Surveillance, Vic Toews, Vikileaks
Continue readingOpenmedia.ca Video on (Un)Lawful Access
An excellent video (special thanks to The Tyee where I found this video) with experts in the field of privacy, ethics, surveillance and technology. Enjoy Filed under: Harper Government, Progressives Tagged: Bill C-30, Privacy, privacy ethics, Vic Toews, Vikileaks
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