Friday night
Have a good night!
Nancy Leblanc
Early evening robocon
Polling on election fraud allegations…it’s going to happen, might as well take a looksy: “Canadians split on who’s to blame for robocalls: poll.” From Ipsos, it is said to be…
Late night
A little late night horror story for you. John Doyle had a great column on the movie, which will be on HBO this weekend. Much of Game Change (airing Saturday,…
Conservative phone call harassment on tape
Listen to the tapes here. A former employee of RMG said things like this: «Oh, vous n’êtes pas un conservateur? Nous ne voulons pas parler à un socialiste ou à…
Late night
The historical backstory behind the “Keep Calm and Carry On” poster. What a great little film. (h/t)
Harper reverses on new audit powers for Elections Canada
“Tories agree to new audit powers for Elections Canada.” The Conservative government has reversed course and now says it will support an NDP motion to give Elections Canada increased audit…
Today in party leader or Prime Minister?
This is nicely done, leader or Prime Minister, Manon Cornellier asks: Il y a moins de deux semaines, le 23 février bien précisément, Postmedia News révélait qu’Élections Canada menait une…
The plausible deniability angle
That is what John Ivison is tackling in his latest column where he opines that the Conservatives’ voter identification database system, CIMS, is a key to unravelling the robocall scandal.…
Rae on robocalls, the budget
From Monday’s scrum…on wanting to make amendments to the Elections Act to require greater accountability, the need to retain documentation such as scripts, etc., in light of the ongoing scandal.…
Late night
If you’re a Conservative, there’s not much to be laughing about tonight. (h/t)
Conservative MP blames Elections Canada
Today, straight out of the mouth of a Conservative MP: “Tory MP says Elections Canada to blame for robocalls.” “I suspect that at the end of the day, if Elections…
Putting a price on accountability
From Friday: “MPs question true dollar value of questions asked of government.” As budget cuts loom, and Parliament’s budget itself has been floated as a target, this looks like a…
Late night
Have a good one!
About those election call tapes being reviewed
This was a report from CBC initially posted yesterday afternoon: “Election call tapes under review by Conservatives.” The report was last updated early this afternoon. Here’s the key excerpt: The…
Late night
Who knew a video of an Arctic research station, the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL) in Eureka, Nunavut, could be so oddly compelling. Maybe it’s the music. Maybe it’s…
Typical Harper in Question Period today
We have citizens across the country, who are now being awakened to the context of a certain phone call they may have received during the May federal election. They may…
Mystery budget on its way
The budget date was set yesterday, finally, for March 29th, possibly as a bit of a distraction from all things robocall. This should be good: Flaherty said Wednesday the budget…
Tough analysis of Peggy Nash
By the Jurist: But it won’t be so easy to make up for any questions about unsure political footing once a new leader faces a Con government eager to spread…