Suburban Voters and Voter Suppression
I hate to admit this but John Ivison in his piece in The Post on Saturday could have a point: “There is anger in the herbivore community about Stephen Harper’s failings — some of it is even justified....
View ArticleElections Canada warns of false poll location information
A few hours before Sunday's late announcement from Washington DC that Osama bin Laden had been killed by the U.S. military, when this extraordinary Canadian election was still the lead story in the...
View ArticleElections Canada response to disinfo and robo-calls
Upon hearing credible reports of alleged disinformation and robo-calls disparaging candidates and misinforming voters of their polling locations in my city (London, Ontario), I formally submitted a...
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Action Alert: Demand a public inquiry into the 'robocall election fraud'
CouncilOfCanadians.jpgAction Alert: Demand a public inquiry into the "robocall election fraud" Send a message to Bob Paulson, Commissioner of the RCMP, William H. Corbett, Commissioner of Elections...
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A number is never just a number: Voter suppression
March 1, 201218Minimum number of ridings in which Canadian voters were allegedly harassed or deceived about voter information during the 2011 federal election, spawning an Elections Canada...
View ArticleDear Ryan: The crime of voter suppression
Ryan LeefMember of Parliament for YukonOpen Letter #11March 2012Dear Ryan,In his book on Conservative philosophy and strategy, Harper's Team, Conservative Tom Flanagan states: "We cannot win by being...
View ArticleCouncil of Canadians support for legal challenges 'stirring up strife'...
The Conservative Party of Canada’s lawyers yesterday filed a second motion to dismiss the legal challenges of individual citizens seeking to overturn federal election results in seven ridings -- this...
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An in-depth look at voter suppression in Canada
The widespread accounts of electoral fraud and voter suppression in the 2011 federal election are now a major volume in Canadian electoral history.Voter suppression revealed: The stealth attack on...
View ArticleU.S.-style voter suppression comes to Canada: Can the Courts nip it in the bud?
It is entirely appropriate that lawyer Steven Shrybman, acting on behalf of the six Canadians seeking redress in the voter suppression (aka "robocall") case, should submit his factum to the Federal...
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Harper's plan to win the next election: Cheat
Tuesday, February 25, 2014The Harper government has introduced a parliamentary bill to boost their chances of winning seats in the next general election. Laughingly entitled the Fair Elections Act,...
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Is cheating the only way Harper can win the next election?
The Harper government has introduced a parliamentary bill, laughingly entitled the Fair Elections Act, to boost their chances of winning seats in the next general election.Harper's plan to win the next...
View ArticleFair Elections Act = voter suppression, says Ed Broadbent
For many months the Conservative government has blatantly taken away by fiat the right to strike of union members within federal jurisdiction. They are now threatening to shut down environmental...
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Fair Elections Act? Nothing fair about it!
For many months, the Conservative government has blatantly attacked Canadians' rights and the Fair Elections Act is just the latest. Ed Broadbent discusses its attack on democracy.Fair Elections Act =...
View ArticleTen arguments to derail the 'Fair' Elections train
The Fair Elections Act is attracting a growing wave of negative attention.The Globe and Mail ran a series of five -- count 'em five! -- editorials slamming the Act.One hundred and fifty academics...
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Fair Elections Act? Not according to these ten arguments!
If you plan to do something about the Fair Elections Act, please use these ten aspects of the Fair Elections Act many critics have identified as inadequate, unfair or dangerous.Ten arguments to derail...
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Experts in constitutional democracy critique Fair Elections Act
On March 11, the National Post published a letter raising concerns with Bill C-23. It was signed by more than 150 experts in the field of constitutional democracy from universities across Canada. The...
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Top five posts on the UnFair Elections Act
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Today is the National Day of Action to stop the Conservatives' Fair Elections Act. rabble has done some excellent coverage: here are the Top Five posts on the UnFair Elections...
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Let people vote! Top five posts on the Fair Elections Act
Down with the UnFair Elections Act, up with democracy! Here are rabble's top five posts on the Fair Elections Act.Top five posts on the UnFair Elections Act
View ArticleCanadians push back against Harper's assault on elections fairness
March 25 was a day of action to protest the Harper government's Fair Elections Act, Bill C-23, which is now before the House of Commons Procedure and House Affairs Committee.The protests, which took...
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Fair Elections Act? It's all a Con game!
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 MP Craig Scott sees no fewer than 20 serious problems with the Fair Elections Act, but has clustered them into three themes: voter suppression, "fighting" electoral fraud and...
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