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Conservatives Robocalls

Why We Should Investigate the Robocalls Investigation

Daniel Dickin | Posted 04.09.2013 | Canada Politics
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Daniel Dickin

My recent Access to Information request revealed that Elections Canada has spent almost $780,000 chasing the fantasy that Conservatives robocalled Canadians into voting in the wrong places in the May 2011 federal election. In my previous post we learned that the Commissioner's Office spent $192,203.48 on "Investigators' Fees and Salaries." So who are these investigators?

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Tory Call Scripts Raised Polling Changes When None Existed

CBC | Posted 01.05.2013 | Canada Politics
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A company working for the Conservative Party phoned voters about polling station changes in ridings that had none, according to documents filed in Fed...

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Why Harper is the Teflon Robot

Gerry Nicholls | Posted 05.13.2012 | Canada
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Gerry Nicholls

Though party partisans, pundits, and journalists are aghast over robocalls, the average Canadian cares about stuff that affects their daily lives. They worry about paying for their kids' education. They care more about NHL standings than they do about political opinion polls.

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The Media's Pre-Programmed Response to Robocalls

J.J. McCullough | Posted 05.02.2012 | Canada
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J.J. McCullough

We don't know much about the scandal right now, which means it's an incredibly exciting time for the nation's political commentators, who will never again enjoy such a vacuum of ambiguity just begging to be filled with their wildest partisan fantasies.

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