My my my. It looks like Mr. Law-and-Order, the dour and humourless M.P. Julian Fantino, may not have been playing by the rules in the last election.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Vaughan M.P. Has Some Splainin' to Do.
My my my. It looks like Mr. Law-and-Order, the dour and humourless M.P. Julian Fantino, may not have been playing by the rules in the last election.
An Update On Canada's Export Of Death (Asbestos)
While I have written many posts on Canada's indefensible export of asbestos to third-world nations, I am pleased to report that the latest news seems to suggest that this hideous and immoral practice could soon be coming to an end.
Despite the ardent and ongoing efforts of the Harper regime and Quebec premier Jean Charest, which include a $58 million loan guarantee to the mines, Gerald Caplan reports that the other $25 million required in private investment money is not materializing, probably due to widespread, indeed, worldwide, public exposure of this odious export.
You can read the full story here.
Despite the ardent and ongoing efforts of the Harper regime and Quebec premier Jean Charest, which include a $58 million loan guarantee to the mines, Gerald Caplan reports that the other $25 million required in private investment money is not materializing, probably due to widespread, indeed, worldwide, public exposure of this odious export.
You can read the full story here.
What Did You Expect?
Our capacity as a species for delusional thinking and rationalization seems to have few limits, our sad record on climate change and our cheering on of oppressive and anti-democratic government measures when our convenience is at stake but two examples.
In today's Star, Heather Mallick, with whom I frequently lose patience for her self-indulgence, has written a column that merits our attention. Entitled Well, what did you expect,Toronto? she examines everything from Toronto subways to our election of the renegade Harper government in her exploration of this theme.
In today's Star, Heather Mallick, with whom I frequently lose patience for her self-indulgence, has written a column that merits our attention. Entitled Well, what did you expect,Toronto? she examines everything from Toronto subways to our election of the renegade Harper government in her exploration of this theme.
Friday, March 9, 2012
Robogate: Another Explosive Revelation From The Star
As I noted in my last post, a pattern is emerging in the voter suppression crimes owing to the consistency of the telephone script received in upwards of 30 ridings in the last federal election.
The Star has just made another startling discovery: Automated phone calls that directed people to the wrong polling stations in the last federal election overwhelmingly targeted older voters, all born between 1947 and 1949, directing them to the wrong polling station.
Even more damning, most of those who received the misdirecting calls say they were previously contacted by the Conservative Party and indicated that they would not be supporting their local Tory candidate.
As noted in the article, this kind of information suggests the existence of a database that goes far beyond the names and addresses provided by Elections Canada to all political parties and campaigns.
And of course everyone knows which political party is obsessive in maintaining databases that go well beyond the norm.
The Star has just made another startling discovery: Automated phone calls that directed people to the wrong polling stations in the last federal election overwhelmingly targeted older voters, all born between 1947 and 1949, directing them to the wrong polling station.
Even more damning, most of those who received the misdirecting calls say they were previously contacted by the Conservative Party and indicated that they would not be supporting their local Tory candidate.
As noted in the article, this kind of information suggests the existence of a database that goes far beyond the names and addresses provided by Elections Canada to all political parties and campaigns.
And of course everyone knows which political party is obsessive in maintaining databases that go well beyond the norm.
Voter Suppression Crimes: A Pattern of Centralization Emerges
While the Harper regime has been busy casting aspersions on those who are claiming foul over their alleged tactics during the last federal election, a pattern is beginning to emerge that makes their protestations of outrage and innocence especially suspect.
According to the latest news, voters in the Toronto-area riding of York Centre say they received misleading robo-calls before the 2011 federal ballot with the same script as the ones that Elections Canada is investigating in the Southwestern Ontario city of Guelph.
That brings to a total of almost 30 ridings where voters allege receiving fraudulent calls with the same basic script as Guelph, reports compiled by the NDP and Liberals suggest.
Meanwhile, the ever-truculent Tories, trying desperately to maintain their offensive against these allegations, have arranged for a party spokesman to label these crimes as “exaggerated allegations” ... warning they “demean millions of voters who cast legitimate votes in the last election.”
In fact, it is the entire democratic process that has been demeaned, not the citizens who cast their votes in good faith. Sadly, that will continue until the government comes clean about what it is responsible for.
According to the latest news, voters in the Toronto-area riding of York Centre say they received misleading robo-calls before the 2011 federal ballot with the same script as the ones that Elections Canada is investigating in the Southwestern Ontario city of Guelph.
That brings to a total of almost 30 ridings where voters allege receiving fraudulent calls with the same basic script as Guelph, reports compiled by the NDP and Liberals suggest.
Meanwhile, the ever-truculent Tories, trying desperately to maintain their offensive against these allegations, have arranged for a party spokesman to label these crimes as “exaggerated allegations” ... warning they “demean millions of voters who cast legitimate votes in the last election.”
In fact, it is the entire democratic process that has been demeaned, not the citizens who cast their votes in good faith. Sadly, that will continue until the government comes clean about what it is responsible for.
Election Fraud Rally
For those living in or around the Toronto area, please consider attending Sunday's rally to protest both the voter suppression crimes committed during the last federal election and the 'strange' unwillingness of the Harper government to support the search for the truth.
It begins at 2:30 p.m., Yonge-Dundas Square. We will then march to the cenotaph at Old City Hall on Queen Street at 3:30pm.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Criminal Activity in Joe Oliver's Campaign?
The Star is reporting that Natural Resources Minister Joe ('radicals are threatening the tarsands') Oliver's riding of Eglinton-Lawrence may have been the scene of another electoral crime, this one involving the last-minute rush of previously unregistered voters who cast ballots in the last federal election.
Veteran Liberal MP Joe Volpe lost the riding to Conservative Oliver by 4,062 votes, but the problems is that at least 2,700 applications for late registration to vote... failed to provide addresses or gave false or non-residential addresses. Nonetheless, contrary to Election Canada rules, they were allowed to vote.
With this latest evidence of well-organized electoral fraud, one wonders when the revelations will end, and if they can ever be successfully and definitively investigated and resolved.
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