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Pierre Poutine Robocalls

Robocalls: Elections Canada Wants More Power To Punish

CP | Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.27.2013 | Canada Politics

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

Why We Should Investigate the Robocalls Investigation

Daniel Dickin | Posted 04.09.2013 | Canada Politics
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?

Pierre Poutine Trail Runs Cold

www.ottawacitizen.com | Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher | Posted 08.11.2012 | Canada Politics

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

Elections Canada Fails To Nail Pierre Poutine

CP | Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press | Posted 07.08.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Elections Canada's hunt for the elusive Pierre Poutine has led investigators down a blind alley.Investigator Allan Mathews sought computer re...

WATCH: Comedian Mails Harper Poutine

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 03.06.2012 | Canada Politics

Quebec Comedian Louis T. is making a statement about the robocalls scandal by mailing the House of Commons and Stephen Harper a poutine. The gestu...

Harper Says Robocall Accusations An Opposition Smear Campaign

CP | Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.30.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper adopted a more aggressive robocall defence Wednesday, dismissing suggestions his party was behind misleading an...

Harper 'Absolutely, Definitively' Denies Tory Involvement In Robocalls

CBC | Posted 04.30.2012 | Canada Politics

An Elections Canada investigation prompted by misleading calls to voters during the final days of last May's election is spreading, CBC N...

Robocalls Scandal Goes Bi-Coastal

CBC | Posted 04.30.2012 | Canada Politics

An Elections Canada investigation into deliberately misleading robocalls made to voters in the Ontario riding of Guelph has traced the ca...

Who Is 'Pierre Poutine'?

CP | Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.29.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Court documents show a cellphone in the robocalls affair was registered to Pierre Poutine of Separatist Street in Joliette, Que.Elections Can...