ConCalls: Hamilton Challenges Council of Canadians
Conservative Party lawyer Hamilton thinks he can get the legal challenge launched by the Council of Canadians thrown out of court before it gets rolling. If he manages this, it…
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24 hours in legal politics
First, on the Racknine suit against Martin and the NDP…NDP MP Pat Martin issued an apology yesterday for the statements he made regarding Racknine when the issue appeared in the…
ConCalls: Coverup Emerges in #RoboCon
As I’d suspected MORE THAN A MONTH AGO, we’re looking at a coverup at the Conservative Party headquarters. March 6th was five days after I’d already explained to some political…
If It’s Not One Thing
…It’s your Mother. Is that how the expression goes? == The Conservatives haven’t been in hot water over just one scandal lately. There are more than the average human can…
A little Friday morning Robocon blogging
This will be a short post for the simple reason that there hasn’t been a lot of movement on this story in the last week. The most dramatic development was…
Lessons for the Liberals from the NDP leadership contest
The criminalvoter suppression attacks launched against the federal election in May 2011 andthe NDP leadership election prove that any elections need robust protection toavoid any taint of possible illegitimacy. The…
ConCalls: Pierre Poutine Revealed #RoboCon Prescott
Christian (Canadian) Conservative, Andrew Prescott, has been accused of being the flesh and blood of the aliases Pierre Poutine, Pierre Jones, by researcher Brian-Michel LaRue. LaRue gives his reasoning in…
ConCalls – Globe & Mail Should Blush
There are days I worry that the Globe and Mail is unfit for birds to poop on it. If their endorsement of the Harper Conservatives prior to last year’s electoral…
Friday Robocon program related activities blogging
Since the dramatic revelations in last week’s committee testimony by Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand, there has been very little additional movement in the main robocon story. For the moment,…
This Does ^NOT Pertain to #RoboCon
Because hyperlinks are still legal in Canada, I can provide you with the following hyperlinks, and I’ll let your fertile minds go to work on what will remain unsaid. It’s…
Canada Lacks Political Immune System – #RoboCon
If you think of Canada’s democracy as a living organism, right now we’re suffering from cancer. RoboCon is a growing problem, and the electoral fraud will multiply further as punishments…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Alison nicely debunks the Cons’ latest Robocon talking points. Paula Boutis offers her own suggestions to strengthen Elections Canada in investigating vote…
ConCalls: Don’t Call it a Scandal
There are many people who are insisting that RoboCon does not deserve to be called a “scandal”. Conservative Party hack Levant, insists it’s a “scandalette”. Justin Trudeau (and researcher extraordinaire…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Susan Delacourt notes that while the NDP’s leadership convention points out some of the risks of online voting, the real problem lies in…
NDP claims about voter suppression attempts doubtful?
The NDPis claiming that the massive voter suppression attacks – done during thesecond, third and final ballot, and over the course of several hours, andinvolving more false calls than the…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your weekend. – Karl Nerenberg reported on Marc Mayrand’s Robocon testimony, featuring some much-needed discussion of what can be done to improve the Canada Elections Act…
Chart of the week
Click to enlarge. (Source) Elections Canada was largely singled out for budgetary savings, among all the Agents of Parliament in the Harper/Flaherty budget. When it is in the midst of…
Micah Goldberg: Pennywise Mr. Harper
The end of the penny has caused many important cuts in Steven Harper’s first majority budget to have been buried. CBC funding was cut to the amount of $115 million…
NDP Leadership election: What happened to 8,000 live votes?
According toone report, there were about 11,000 live voters at the NDP convention: The attack over the weekend slowed down the voting processby several hours over two ballots, forcing the…
Friday morning Robocon blogging
Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand appeared before the Procedure and House Affairs Committee yesterday and gave us a whole new set of numbers to talk about. Elections Canada has…