Don’t Expect Much From Mayrand’s Testimony
There’s been a great hullabaloo recently about the fact that the Conservatives have scheduled Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand’s testimony for a period when most journalists in Ottawa, we are…
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How Many Pierre Poutines Were There?
The noose continues to tighten around Pierre Poutine. We have a second alias, and multiple fake addresses. Conservatives have openly leaked that they know who he is, and even stated…
The Week in Sum: Conservatives had Monopoly on Racknine Services, Fed False Data to Press on Robocalls
Well, well. The plot thickens. I suppose I’ll start by asking why the new story has been leaked on a Friday afternoon, as the NDP convention gets underway. From what…
What are the Grounds for Dismissal of a Cabinet Minister?
This is the only question worth asking. Tomorrow I’ll be back to the robocalls, but for the moment, let me just repeat that I am disappointed, angered, but not surprised…
Dishon. Christian Paradis Guilty of Lying, Patronage, and Cronyism
Revenge is such sweet sorrow. One week ago, the Dishon. Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry in the Harper regime, commenced court proceedings intended to silence and punish critics of a…
How To Rig an Election
I want to share what I think happened. As you can see from the Sixth Estate master list, now at 100 ridings and counting, there was quite a variety of…
Pro-Conservative Election Contractor Defends Vote Suppression
Well, sort of. Stephen Skyvington says he only supports vote suppression when it’s done legally (because as we all know, if it’s not illegal, it’s not wrong). And in the…
Government Already Lying About New Audit That Hasn’t Even Been Published Yet?
Okay, before I go on, let me just say that this has become commonplace under the Harper regime. Nevertheless, the rest of the media is sagely playing dumb about the…
I Am a Bread and Butter Canadian and I Want Government Out Of My Life
It’s hard to know where to begin with this article from the Hill Times, which twice alludes to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney as the “Minister for Curry in a Hurry”…
Why Do The Conservatives Have Evidence of Vote Fraud? (And What Are They Doing With It?)
When vote records proving election fraud were leaked to pro-Conservative journalist John Ivison at the National Post on Friday, I speculated that the leak probably came from the Conservative Party…
Conservative Insiders Admit Their Database Used for Election Fraud
The National Post has received a politically convenient leak of “Pierre Poutine’s” telephone records, presumably from a Conservative sounce given that John Ivison’s story on the subject is backed up…
Inside the Conservative Voter Information Database (CIMS)
CIMS rocks. You can’t win without it. — Prescient Conservative campaigner in 2004 The centrepiece of whatever group perpetrated the robocall hoaxes, and is so far known to the public…
Inquiry Politics: Reasons Not to Call an Inquiry
As the scandal deepens and the Liberals are implicated in illegal calls of their own, there are growing calls to ban political robocalls. I’m not sure why people think that…
Globe & Mail: Save Costs by Increasing Class Sizes
I offer this post not to distract people from the robocall crimes, but to remind everyone that there are other scandals going on as well. Readers in BC probably already…
Harper Regime Buries Conflict of Interest Report on Illegal Lobbying by PMO Insider
Someone has to continue to bear witness on this, and it will be me. We have now reached the three-month mark since it was reported that the Conflict of Interest…
Timeline of Conservative Election Chicanery
1995 The year Vic Toews entered the legislature representing the Manitoba PCs, the party covertly funded left-wing independents in order to split the opposition NDP’s vote. Although there was a…
Canadians Are Owed Answers from Globe & Mail
One of the most surprising elements of the corporate media’s coverage of the robocall affair is the strange shifts that have occurred. Sun, as expected, backed the government. The Toronto…
Christian Minister Turned Conservative MP Says Lying is Okay
That, at least, seems tobe the only possible logical conclusion of this story, in which Maurice Vellacott extends the new Conservative excuse that I’ve identified recently: that Elections Canada is…
Government Buries Other Scandals While Robocall Controversy Rages
I’m having a hectic weekend and will have some new work to put on the Vote Fraud List hopefully this evening. In the meantime, I really hesitated to publish this…
New Conservative Spin: Blame Elections Canada
I’ve heard it from enough sources over the last few days that I’m beginning to suspect this will be the message du jour by next week: okay, maybe some people…