Elections Canada wants to avoid the procedural errors that plagued the last election, but the changes will likely cost money and require political wil...

OTTAWA - The chief electoral officer is warning of another wave of false or misleading telephone calls in the next election if tough new rules and pun...

OTTAWA - Tough penalties for elections-official impersonators, beefier investigative powers and more voter privacy were among the ideas floated Wednes...

While most attention last week was focused on the Harper government's 2013 budget with all it's wishful thinking, missed opportunities and neglected obligations, three other events were probably of greater significance.

The NDP is putting pressure on Claude Patry, who crossed the floor of the House of Commons to the Bloc Québécois last week, with a robocall to his c...

New information reveals not even the private contractors hired by Elections Canada to investigate the possible 2011 "robocalls" are neutral, non-partisan individuals. A search reveals that many members on their board of directors have donated money to the Liberals and Bloc Quebecois -- the same parties which have the most to gain in propagating any sort of "robocall" voter conspiracy myth.

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?

An investigation into allegedly misleading live and robocalls in the last federal election has turned to complainants who are Rogers customers, newly ...

Nine months ago, you could scarcely open a newspaper without reading all sorts of scary allegations about the Prime Minister's secret army of robo-men and their efforts to systematically rig the 2011 election through ambiguously deceptive phone calls. But if you're still jonsing for a Robocall fix, fear not!

OTTAWA - The credibility of a key witness in a legal bid to overturn Conservative victories in six closely contested ridings came under fire Monday as...

OTTAWA - Sandra McEwing is mad as hell and isn't going to take it anymore.The Winnipeg mom is one of eight private citizens challenging the May 2011 f...

The Council of Canadians and two voters who say they received misleading calls directing them to the wrong polling station just before the last federa...

As Canadians respond to allegations about the misuse of robocalls in the 2011 federal campaign, it's critical that such technologies are not confused with tactics. The public debate must consider the potential these technologies offer political leaders to more effectively reach the citizens they serve.

Elections Canada officials scrambled to correct apparent misinformation going to voters through robocalls in the three days leading up to the May 2, 2...

A woman who had been fighting to overturn the election of Conservative MP Joe Daniel is dropping her case after the party's lawyer found she doesn't l...

Chief Electoral Officer, Marc Mayrand, had some tough talk for the Economic Club of Canada in Ottawa today. He said that we must "maintain trust and engagement in Canadian elections." As a first time candidate, I have been the target of many ugly tactics used by the army of political operators that make a healthy living doing this.

Quebec's Liberal Party issued a statement Monday saying forged robocalls have targeted French-speaking voters in the Quebec City area. The calls alleg...

The legal challenge seeking to overturn last year's federal election result in seven ridings won by Conservatives will be heard in court in mid-Decemb...

The federal Conservative Party's lawyer, Arthur Hamilton, is objecting to a demand by a group of voters that Elections Canada provide details of compl...

A lawyer for voters challenging the 2011 election result in seven federal ridings is asking Elections Canada to provide more information on its invest...

Liberal MP Frank Valeriote is fighting efforts by another local candidate to overturn the results of the last federal election in his riding of Guelph...

Elections Canada is earmarking at least $585,000 to probe the robocalls affair — and that price tag will likely climb as the scope of t...

OTTAWA - The continuing robocalls investigation highlights concerns over how political parties use private, personal information, says a new research ...