... with polling station locations
The Conservative party asked for the location of all polling stations and then contacted voters about where to find them during last year's federal campaign, despite a request they not do so by Elections Canada for fear of muddying the election-day waters.
It's just the latest wrinkle in an evolving investigation into evidence that someone impersonated an Elections Canada official in order to misdirect voters to the wrong polling stations.
Elections Canada is investigating clear evidence of fraudulent calls in Guelph, Ont., amid an avalanche of unverified complaints of similar fake calls across the country.
Elections Canada confirms the Conservative party requested a list of all polling stations before the federal vote last May 2, and that as a ...
fabo - 1 month agoElections Canada is appealing a court decision that gave the Conservatives an important win in the dispute over the party's financing of the 2006 election campaign.
In the notice of appeal, the agency alleges Mr. Justice Luc Martineau of the Federal Court made more than 30 errors in his ruling over the so-called “in and out” transactions used to fund the purchase radio and TV ads.
The court also ignored and misinterpreted evidence, the agency claims.
The appeal is the second challenge of a Federal Court decision Elections Canada has launched this year. In January, it appealed a decision on the treatment of GST reimbursement by candidates.
Martineau ruled last month that Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand erred when he refused to approve reimbursements for the advertising ...
martina - 26 months agoIn the midst of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, Canada has joined the ranks of governments that in recent weeks stepped up to help banks cope with more fallout from bad U.S. subprime mortgages. In Canada's case, however, the reason for the assistance is a little different from some of its G-7 partners. Unlike banks in the U.S., Britain and Germany, which needed to be bailed out with hundreds of billions of dollars in new capital, Canada's major banks are solid and solvent. They don't need any help to work through their subprime exposure.
So why did Ottawa agree to insure the money they routinely borrow from other banks, a practice that keeps their credit operations liquid? Ironically, the troubled non-Canadian institutions that received capital injections and loan ...
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What do you think about candidates in this poll? Which one is your favourite? Which political party is for Canada the best?, martina