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The Mulcair vote: Unfair but essential

04/11/2016 by the editor

By Frank Moher The NDP’s cashiering of Tom Mulcair as leader is both deeply unfair and plainly essential, at least for anyone who wants to see the Party remain able to influence public policy, and maybe one day win an election. As has been widely remarked, Mulcair was for four years one of the best opposition leaders Parliament […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2011 election, 2015 federal election, Bernie Sanders, Canadian House of Commons, Canadian Parliament, Canadian politics, Liberals, NDP, socialism, Thomas Mulcair, U.S. politics

Key players missing from Robocalls trial

06/11/2014 by the editor

By Alison@Creekside At left is the draft statement robocall trial star witness and Guelph Con campaign worker Andrew Prescott sent to the accused, Michael Sona, in July 2013. Pic via Laura Stone at Global. Read it first.  Really. Note reference to Nixon’s CREEP* and “widespread, national, well-organized scheme” and “not the work of any lone […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2011 election, Andrew Prescott, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, crime, Elections Canada, Guelph, Ken Morgan, Michael Sona, robocall scandal, robocalls

Robocalls: Elections fraud? What elections fraud?

04/28/2014 by the editor

By Alison@Creekside It would be unseemly for a sitting government under the cloud of elections fraud and voter suppression in 200 ridings across the country to ram through the Fair Elections Act mainly benefitting themselves, so today Elections Canada Commissioner Yves Côté obligingly threw in the towel on any further investigation into what Federal Court Judge […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: "Fair Elections Act", 2011 election, Canada, Elections Canada, Pierre Poilievre, robocall scandal, robocalls, Yves Côté

“Loud and obnoxious” for democracy

04/11/2014 by the editor

By Alison@Creekside 72-year old Ted Musson is walking the 5,000 kilometers from Victoria, BC to Ottawa to protest election fraud, both in the 2011 federal election and now the Fair Elections Act. Two years ago, he gave up his subsidized apartment, bought a 1979 RV for $2000 and set out for Ottawa with a hand-painted […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: "Fair Elections Act", 2011 election, Canada, Conservatives, robocalls

Standing on the shoulders of Butt

03/27/2014 by the editor

By Alison@Creekside In the House on Monday, Con MP Laurie Hawn’s memory appeared to pick up where Brad Butt’s left off, as he repeated Butt’s earlier allegations — later retracted — about voter information cards being picked up from apartment building lobbies for fraudulent voting purposes. Hawn, as per the vid excerpt above: “In the 2006 […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: "Fair Elections Act", 2011 election, Brent Butt, Canada, Canadian Parliament, Canadian politics, crime, Edmonton, Elections Canada, law, Lawrie Hawn, Paul Calandra, The Hill Times

L’affaire Butt: What’s not to get?

03/05/2014 by the editor

Are you confused by the Brad Butt affair? We can’t imagine why. Look, it’s simple: The Con MP for Mississauga-Streetsville rose in the House twice on February 6th to say, in defense of the Fair Elections Act, that he’d personally witnessed voter fraud going on in the lobby of “an apartment building.” Then he rose […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: "Fair Elections Act", 2011 election, Alexandra Latendresse, Andrew Scheer, Blake Richards, Brad Butt, Canada, Canadian Parliament, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Craig Scott, Dave Christopherson, Elections Canada, House of, Jenni Byrne, Joe Preston, Kevin Lamoureux, Liberals, Marc Mayrand, NDP, Peter Van Loan, robocall scandal, robocalls, Scott Reid, Steven Fletcher, Ted Opitz, Tom Lukiwski

Problem: Too much democracy. Solution: Fair Elections Act.

02/11/2014 by the editor

By Alison@Creekside “What problems are the Conservatives really trying to solve with bizarre Fair Elections Act?” asked Andrew Coyne in an excellent column two days ago. I’d like to pillage that question and expand on it a bit. Problem: Investigation into election fraud in 2011 Election, 33 months ago, being rushed along at dangerous breakneck […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2011 election, Andrew Coyne, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Dean Del Mastro, Elections Canada, Green Party, Liberals, Marc Mayrand, NDP, voter suppression

Robocalls: No proxy

09/03/2013 by backofthebook.ca

By John Klein  (aka Saskboy) With the Robocalls trial under way, some newer information is becoming public. That’s no thanks to the judge who has imposed a partial publication ban on investigative documents. One person with a legitimate account to make robocalls at RackNine was Andrew Prescott. On Thursday he wrote me to bring to […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2011 election, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, crime, Elections Canada, robocall scandal, robocalls

Break the law, go straight to Cabinet

06/20/2013 by backofthebook.ca

By David@Sixthestate.net While the media was playing up the make-believe, non-ethical, non-scandal of the fact that Justin Trudeau used to charge (gosh!) speaking fees for public lectures, those of us who are actually concerned with the real-life rule of law in this country were watching a trio of Conservative MPs petulantly refuse to file corrected […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2011 election, Andrew Scheer, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Elections Canada, Justin Trudeau, law, parliament, Shelly Glover

Penashue, and Harper’s growing kleptocracy

03/21/2013 by backofthebook.ca

By David@Sixthestate.net If I had a shred of real optimism left, I’d say the wheels are starting to fall off of the Harper bus. But I have no such shred left. Instead all I have is a sinking suspicion that yet another wave of pro-government editorials will soon sweep the free press, everyone will comment […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2011 election, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, crime, Elections Canada, Labrador, law, Peter Penashue, Stephen Harper

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Electoral reform: Hashtag fresh thinking

By Alison@Creekside The most interesting and innovative idea to come out of the first meeting of the all-party Special Committee on Electoral Reform, or ERRE, was Nathan Cullen's suggestion, … [Read More...]

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By Frank Moher On this dreadful day, I don't want to write about the shootings in Orlando. I want to write about my friend, Rick. Rick lives just outside of Nanaimo, a city of about 80,000, … [Read More...]

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By Frank Moher Two drama nerds have recently moved into high profile positions. Before I name them (or perhaps you’ve already guessed who they are; or perhaps you’d like to scroll down and look at … [Read More...]

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Originally published on Our Rape Blog, the author's account of the aftermath of a violent sexual assault. By Mary Fraughton Have you ever played Hearts? It’s a card game. For our purposes, … [Read More...]

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From Creekside: The B.C. provincial government is trying to green light the construction of a massive LNG terminal on Lelu Island in the Skeena Estuary -- Pacific Northwest LNG, backed by Malaysian … [Read More...]

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