By Montreal Simon When the story broke that the Australian attack dingo Lynton Crosby was working for the Cons, I was struck by how angrily the political thugs in the PMO reacted. The Con flak Kory Teneycke tried to play down the news, claiming first that Crosby was not here, and then that all he […]
Key players missing from Robocalls trial
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 […]
Robocalls: Elections fraud? What elections fraud?
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 […]
Robocalls: Investigations are so harrrrrd
By John Klein (aka Saskboy) Despite audio evidence of widespread illegal robocalls, the Commissioner of Elections Canada has announced “no offenses committed.” Robo-call scandal fizzles out. Commish of Elections says no offenses committed, but notes investigation powers limited and info lacking. — Don Martin (@DonMartinCTV) April 24, 2014 Canadians have had a heaping helping of […]
L’affaire Butt: What’s not to get?
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 […]
Perps with Perks (“It’s getting crowded in here” edition)
By Alison@Creekside Welcome, Con chief counsel Arthur Hamilton, to Perps with Perks for your part in the Senate scandal — Wrighting a cheque to Mike Duffy’s lawyer — “CON FUNDS $13,560” — while Duffy was under investigation to pay off his legal bills and shut him up so as not to arouse the Wrath of […]
Robocalls: No proxy
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 […]
The Conservatives’ invented reality
By Alison@Creekside Fakers. Fake F-35 mock up cockpit from Lockheed Martin for DefMin Peter Airshow MacKay to hold $47,000 presser in to announce purchase of 65 Lockheed Martin stealth fighters in 2010. Fake citizenship ceremony in which half of the participants were actually Citizenship and Immigration Canada staff passed off as new […]
Meanwhile, still no convictions in the robocalls scandal
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 […]
Penashue: Vice is virtue
By David@Sixthestate.net Well, at least we have it confirmed for us. The reason that Vic Toews is a Cabinet minister despite being convicted of election fraud, the reason that Peter Penashue is allowed to stand as a Conservative candidate despite being responsible for similar violations of the law, the reason Peter Van Loan is still […]
