Have you received the robocall yet? Many Collingwood residents have, and every one I’ve spoken to thinks they are in appallingly bad taste. And they are right. It starts out pretending to be a survey asking who you will vote for in the municipal campaign, but after three questions it
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The Canadian Progressive: Duffy testimony should spark new investigation into 2011 election fraud
The Council of Canadians calls for the re-opening of the investigation into the election fraud of 2011 in the wake of Mike Duffy’s recent testimony. The former Conservative senator testified under oath that a “black ops group at Conservative headqua…
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Wildrose demands transparency from NDP and PCs but holds its annual meeting in secret
Alberta’s conservative Wildrose Party is holding its annual general meeting this weekend in Calgary and, according to one media source, the event will be closed to the media with the exception of leader Brian Jean‘s speech ahead of the leadership review vote on the evening of… Continue Reading →
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Unearthed Job Application Stephen Harper 2005
The latest Conservative attack ad to discredit Justin Trudeau is childish at best with a strong scent of desperation. It’s a mock meeting discussing Trudeau’s resume as he applies for the job of Prime Minister. However, going back to 2005, when Stephen Harper himself was applying for the job, what
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: For The Record
About the undercarriage of that busy Tory bus, Star readers have much to say: Ex-Tory staffer jailed nine months for robocalls, Nov. 20 My sympathies go out to Michael Sona and his family, the latest addition of those people used by the Harper government and then thrown under the bus
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Harper’s “anti-democratic” Fair Elections Act challenged in court
Activists led by the Council of Canadians have filed a Charter challenge to the Conservatives’ Fair Elections Act or Bill C-23 in the Ontario Superior Court. The post Harper’s “anti-democratic” Fair Elections Act challenged in court appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Council of Canadians calls for reopening of robocalls investigation
The Council of Canadians is calling on the Commissioner of Canada Elections to re-open the investigation into the 2011 robocalls election fraud scandal. The post Council of Canadians calls for reopening of robocalls investigation appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Sona robocall verdict doesn’t close book on 2011 election fraud: Issue will be back in court with “Fair” Elections Act legal challenge
Conservative aide Michael Sona’s conviction does not resolve the issues surrounding the widespread electoral fraud perpetrated in the 2011 federal election, says Council of Canadians. The post Sona robocall verdict doesn’t close book on 2011 election fraud: Issue will be back in court with “Fair” Elections Act legal challenge appeared
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: It’s High Time Canadians Started Listening to Bill O’Reilly at Fox News
The Conservative Movement, that has been gaining momentum since the 1960s, has made one of their missions, destroying progressive agencies; especially those that support the Welfare State. In the U.S., they honed in on ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), that advocated for low- and moderate-income families. What
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Mark Adler: From Belle of the Ball to Do Not Call
As Conservatives prepared for the 2011 election, they began targeting ridings with large Jewish populations, that they felt they could steal away from the Liberals. Stephen Harper was already portrayed, and not always in a positive light, as the most staunch supporter of Israel; so to build on that, they
Continue readingLeft Over: RoboCalls vs SnailMail…..No Traction without Distraction…
NDP mass mailings broke House rules, Speaker confirms House administrators to advise all-party Board of Internal Economy on possible remedies By Kady O’Malley, CBC News Posted: Jun 03, 2014 9:39 AM ET Last Updated: Jun 03, 2014 9:39 AM ET Another fascinating chapter in the Con strategy of distracting from the Robo-Call trial going on
Continue readingParliamANT Hill: Feds robocall themselves in search for unused telephone lines
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/feds-robocall-themselves-in-search-for-unused-telephone-lines-1.2646727
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Harper’s Orwellian “Fair Elections” Act Violates Canadian Constitution
by: Obert Madondo Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Photo by Remy Steinegger The Harper Conservatives’ Bill C-23, the so-called “Fair Elections” Act, violates Section 3 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It’s clear the Conservatives are preparing to steal the 2015 federal election. Bill C-23 is part of their ongoing war on
Continue readingLeDaro: Stephen Harper: Will he fade away by 2015
All the scandals: Senate, robocalls, secretive government, all that pro-roguing…. Has his time come and come 2015 he will lose elections and Cons will choose a new leader? Or he may resign before that.
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Eventually, the Teflon® wears off…
Eventually, the Teflon® wears off… Scandal after scandal after scandal after scandal after scandal after scandal after scandal after scandal after scandal after scandal after scandal after scandal… It’s only taken 7+ years!
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: If my password-protected database was used in the commission of a crime…
If my password-protected database was used in the commission of a crime… I would call the police immediately. Also, I would expect same database to be seized by the police during the investigation. But that’s just me, I guess.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Robocalls: Elections Canada on “Preventing Deceptive Communications”
Elections Canada’s “Preventing Deceptive Communications with Electors” report, a response to the robocalls election fraud of 2011, recommends legislation that provides basic privacy protections to voters while stopping political parties from engaging in deceptive communications. The post Robocalls: Elections Canada on “Preventing Deceptive Communications” appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Hudak Conservatives fined $85,000 for "rule breaking robocalls"
I hear he knows a guy who knows a guy though
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Hudak Caught: PCPO Made Ilegal Robocalls
OTTAWA – The CRTC will soon announce it is fining both Alberta’s Wildrose Party and the Ontario Progressive Conservatives for automated polling calls that failed to identify the pollster. The hapless PCPO leader has some explaining to do—$85,000s worth. And, perhaps not surprisingly, RackNine is involved again. They are these
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Robocalls: Fed Court’s Election Fraud Finding Implicates Conservatives
The Federal Court ruling states that “there was an orchestrated effort to suppress votes during the 2011 election campaign by a person with access to the [Conservative Party’s] CIMS database.” An attack on Canadian democracy. The post Robocalls: Fed Court’s Election Fraud Finding Implicates Conservatives appeared first on The Canadian
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