How can you credit harper with Canadas prosperity,did he put the oil in the tar pit ? You folks are sooo gullible.
Conservative 'Robocalls' tricked voters in last election
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How can anyone really tell? Most of them these days are just variations on a theme anyway!
He did enable us to take it out despite opposition from those opposed to taxpayers having jobs. Is that your problem? You are opposed to those of us that like working being permitted to?
It does?
Hmmm, I guess all the Federally funded infrastructure building in Ontario is just a figment of our imagination.
Yeah, well, they've come a long way.
I've heard that aloe is good for that by the way.
Elections watchdog Marc Mayrand says trust in electoral system damaged
OTTAWA - Elections watchdog Marc Mayrand says it's critical that trust be restored in Canada's electoral system.
The chief electoral officer acknowledges confidence in the system has been shaken by a recent court ruling overturning the election result in one Toronto riding, and by the so-called robocall scandal.
On the latter, Mayrand says Elections Canada has now received 1,100 complaints from voters claiming to have received calls directing them to phoney polling locations during last spring's election.
Elections Canada's budget is being cut by eight per cent, forcing the agency to put off some plans, such as a pilot project on Internet voting, and focus only on its highest priorities.
One of the highest, Mayrand says, will be training elections officials and ensuring that all procedural requirements are followed on voting day.
Procedural errors by elections officials resulted in a court recently overturning the election result in Toronto's Etobicoke Centre.
Elections watchdog Marc Mayrand says trust in electoral system damaged - Winnipeg Free Press
OTTAWA - Elections watchdog Marc Mayrand says it's critical that trust be restored in Canada's electoral system.
The chief electoral officer acknowledges confidence in the system has been shaken by a recent court ruling overturning the election result in one Toronto riding, and by the so-called robocall scandal.
On the latter, Mayrand says Elections Canada has now received 1,100 complaints from voters claiming to have received calls directing them to phoney polling locations during last spring's election.
Elections Canada's budget is being cut by eight per cent, forcing the agency to put off some plans, such as a pilot project on Internet voting, and focus only on its highest priorities.
One of the highest, Mayrand says, will be training elections officials and ensuring that all procedural requirements are followed on voting day.
Procedural errors by elections officials resulted in a court recently overturning the election result in Toronto's Etobicoke Centre.
Elections watchdog Marc Mayrand says trust in electoral system damaged - Winnipeg Free Press
Robocall complaints double
Election grievances in court records
OTTAWA — The number of complaints about fraudulent or misleading telephone calls in last year’s federal election has almost doubled, according to court documents filed by the Commissioner of Canada Elections.
By mid August, Elections Canada had received 1,394 complaints “alleging specific occurrences” in 234 of Canada’s 308 federal ridings, the lawyer for the elections watchdog says.
That’s up from the more than 700 specific complaints that the commissioner’s office publicly reported in March to clear the air after an online campaign attracted 30,000-plus expressions of concern by Canadians.
But the elections commissioner, in his latest court offering, declined to respond to a number of other disclosure requests by advocacy group the Council of Canadians.
“Like all law enforcement agencies, the Office of the Commissioner treats complaints and the office’s ongoing investigations in confidence and discloses neither the information collected nor the source of the information, except as necessary for law enforcement purposes,” wrote John Laskin, representing the commissioner’s office.
The letter goes on to “emphasize” that the total number of complaints and ridings “does not provide any indication of whether complaints are … substantiated, or whether complainants reported their voting behaviour to have been affected.”
Allegations of fraudulent and misleading phone calls designed to suppress the vote of targeted constituents during the May 2, 2011, election are currently being investigated by the commis-sioner’s office.
Marc Mayrand, the former elections commissioner who retired in June, said this spring that the investigation “touches on the fundamentals of our democracy, how we elect our representatives. I can’t see anything more serious than that in our democratic institutions.”
The investigation has centred on Guelph, Ont., where a number of residents say they received automated phone calls from someone claiming to be from Elections Canada and directing them to a wrong or non-existent polling station.
While the misleading phone calls appeared to target non-Conservative voters, the Conservative party insists it had no involvement in any such scheme and says it is assisting the investigation.
The Council of Canadians, a nationalist, left-leaning advocacy organization, is leading a parallel court battle to contest the election results in seven closely-fought ridings, arguing that misleading calls to voters may have skewed the outcome.
The group wanted specific information from Elections Canada on the location and nature of robocall complaints, and how many separate investigations are underway, in order to bolster its case.
New elections commissioner Yves Cotes submitted a lengthy certificate to the Federal Court dated Aug. 17, declining to release much of the requested information.
Cote cited four main reasons for his non-disclosure:
Protecting the integrity of an ongoing investigation;
Maintaining public confidence in the fairness of the electoral process and enforcement of the elections rules;
Protecting the presumption of innocence
Ensuring the commissioner remains impartial and non-partisan, and is perceived as such by the public.
Robocall complaints double | The Chronicle Herald
Election grievances in court records
OTTAWA — The number of complaints about fraudulent or misleading telephone calls in last year’s federal election has almost doubled, according to court documents filed by the Commissioner of Canada Elections.
By mid August, Elections Canada had received 1,394 complaints “alleging specific occurrences” in 234 of Canada’s 308 federal ridings, the lawyer for the elections watchdog says.
That’s up from the more than 700 specific complaints that the commissioner’s office publicly reported in March to clear the air after an online campaign attracted 30,000-plus expressions of concern by Canadians.
But the elections commissioner, in his latest court offering, declined to respond to a number of other disclosure requests by advocacy group the Council of Canadians.
“Like all law enforcement agencies, the Office of the Commissioner treats complaints and the office’s ongoing investigations in confidence and discloses neither the information collected nor the source of the information, except as necessary for law enforcement purposes,” wrote John Laskin, representing the commissioner’s office.
The letter goes on to “emphasize” that the total number of complaints and ridings “does not provide any indication of whether complaints are … substantiated, or whether complainants reported their voting behaviour to have been affected.”
Allegations of fraudulent and misleading phone calls designed to suppress the vote of targeted constituents during the May 2, 2011, election are currently being investigated by the commis-sioner’s office.
Marc Mayrand, the former elections commissioner who retired in June, said this spring that the investigation “touches on the fundamentals of our democracy, how we elect our representatives. I can’t see anything more serious than that in our democratic institutions.”
The investigation has centred on Guelph, Ont., where a number of residents say they received automated phone calls from someone claiming to be from Elections Canada and directing them to a wrong or non-existent polling station.
While the misleading phone calls appeared to target non-Conservative voters, the Conservative party insists it had no involvement in any such scheme and says it is assisting the investigation.
The Council of Canadians, a nationalist, left-leaning advocacy organization, is leading a parallel court battle to contest the election results in seven closely-fought ridings, arguing that misleading calls to voters may have skewed the outcome.
The group wanted specific information from Elections Canada on the location and nature of robocall complaints, and how many separate investigations are underway, in order to bolster its case.
New elections commissioner Yves Cotes submitted a lengthy certificate to the Federal Court dated Aug. 17, declining to release much of the requested information.
Cote cited four main reasons for his non-disclosure:
Protecting the integrity of an ongoing investigation;
Maintaining public confidence in the fairness of the electoral process and enforcement of the elections rules;
Protecting the presumption of innocence
Ensuring the commissioner remains impartial and non-partisan, and is perceived as such by the public.
Robocall complaints double | The Chronicle Herald