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 Harper government is under fire for cutting Elections Canada's budget even as the agency struggles to address rampant procedural errors a...

Elections Canada has abandoned plans to experiment with an online voting pilot project before the 2015 general election due to budget cuts. ...

OTTAWA - The integrity of Canada's electoral process is at "serious risk" due to rampant procedural errors made by polling officials, a report commiss...

The Conservative government will present a bill to reform Canadian election laws on Thursday, more than a year after the House passed a unanimous moti...

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.

To fix the malaise eroding our democracy, Canadians need a rich combination of party, electoral and Parliamentary reforms. Here are a few suggestions to contribute to a debate on this topic which I hope will become irresistible.

Elizabeth May has an admittedly "radical" idea: "Why don't we get rid of political parties altogether?" In an interview by #FAQMP that recently res...

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are facing the same sort of questions about phoney donors as some of the players in Quebec municipal and provincial...

Embattled Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Peter Penashue says he told workers during his election campaign that he could not accept corporate donat...

TORONTO - Due to an increase in population, Ontario could be getting 15 new federal ridings.The Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario sa...

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...

OTTAWA — Elections Canada investigators tracking “Pierre Poutine” hit a dead end when the Internet address behind misleading robocalls in the la...

A lawyer for seven Conservative MPs whose 2011 election wins are being challenged in Federal Court wants to see a $250,000 deposit on costs in case th...

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 Borys Wrzesnewskyj is not waiting for the Supreme Court's decision before firing another volley in his battle over last year's election in Eto...

Federal Newfoundland and Labrador cabinet minister Peter Penashue has connections with a controverisal Innu development company. Penashue ...

An electoral scandal has been brought to the Supreme Court, and will be precedent-setting in terms of what politicians can and can't get away with in elections. Some of the questions the Justices will be asking themselves: What kind of message will we be sending to future elections if we choose to ignore those violations? Is Elections Canada justified in its nonchalant attitude towards the occurrence of voting irregularities?

OTTAWA - A Conservative MP under investigation by Elections Canada says he's unaware of reports that his family's employees were reimbursed for donati...

A lawyer for Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro says in a letter to Elections Canada that he's disappointed the agency won't meet with them ...

Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro is under investigation by Elections Canada for spending too much to get elected, court documents released...

Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro is offering new information in his defence against allegations he spent too much money in his 2008 electi...

OTTAWA - The Ontario MP who normally leads the Conservative defence against accusations of dirty electoral tricks found himself on the defensive Thurs...

Fifty-one voter registration certificates spread across three polls in a Toronto riding are missing from last May's federal election and ...