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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

Leaked docs throw new light on Fair Elections Act

02/17/2014 by the editor

By Alison@Creekside Last week, the Star published a half dozen articles based on secret memos and a 70-page slide show about the Cons’ 2015 election war room strategies, anonymously leaked to them, and as presented to the Conservative National Council (above) by Harper’s former dcomm and now executive director of the CPC, Dimitri Soudas: “Everything we do […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: "Fair Elections Act", Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, Dimitri Soudas, Eve Adams, Facebook, Guy Giorno, James Moore, Jason Kenney, Justin Trudeau, Laureen Harper, Liberals, Maclean's, Manning Centre, Michael Sona, Peter MacKay, Shelly Glover, social media, Toronto Star

Humpty Harper?

09/11/2013 by backofthebook.ca

 By Montreal Simon Well I see that the former Law Clerk of Parliament believes that Mike Duffy may have committed no crime. Rob Walsh, who was Parliament’s top legal adviser until 2012, says in theory, a criminal offence would occur if money was given to a senator in exchange for some kind of benefit. But […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Canadian Parliament, Canadian Senate, Chatelaine, Jonathon Gatehouse, Maclean's, Michael Sona, Mike Duffy, Nigel Wright, RCMP, Senate scandal, Stephen Harper

Meanwhile, still no convictions in the robocalls scandal

06/03/2013 by backofthebook.ca

By John Klein (aka Saskboy) Chief electoral officer Marc Mayrand has come out to say finally that the Conservatives are not cooperating with the investigation into the robocall election fraud of 2011. I do not find this surprising, and if you’ve been reading my blog the past year, you’d know that’s because the evidence points […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, crime, Election Canada, Marc Mayrand, Michael Den Tandt, Michael Sona, Postmedia, robocall scandal, robocalls

Robocalls: Just the beginning?

04/04/2013 by backofthebook.ca

By Montreal Simon Well, it’s been a long time coming. And I have to admit I had almost given up hope that anybody would ever be charged in connection with the RoboCon Scandal. But finally somebody has picked up the ringing phone and answered my prayers. From The Ottawa Citizen: “After 21 months of investigation, Elections Canada has […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, crime, Elections Canada, Michael Sona, robocall scandal, robocalls, Stephen Harper

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Fort McMurray: Shopping time!

By Brady Tighe We’re now officially in the aftermath phase of the northern Alberta wildfire crisis. The fire is long gone, and everyone with a home to return to is back in its … [Read More...]

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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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The Trudeau gush fest is getting old

By Jim Henshaw There have been several bewildered as well as angry accounts coming out of the USA lately about how little media time has been spent covering the Democratic Presidential Primary … [Read More...]

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My friend, Rick, at the Pride Parade

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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Triumph of the drama nerds

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...]

From “Our Rape Blog”: Shooting the Moon

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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The video: Lelu Island: “They will come.”

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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