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Will Election Robocalls Ever Be Punished?

CBC | Posted 04.04.2013 | Canada Politics
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Now that a charge has been laid against Michael Sona in the case of misleading automated robocalls in Guelph, Ont., in the 2011 federal election, what...

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Robocall Scandal: Key Evidence Allowed

CBC | Posted 04.24.2013 | Canada Politics
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A group of voters challenging the election of six Conservative MPs scored a small victory Friday when the judge in the case decided to allow a key pie...

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Robocall Complaints Have DOUBLED

CP | Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.21.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - The number of complaints about fraudulent or misleading telephone calls in last year's federal election has almost doubled, according to cour...

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Tories Try To Block New Evidence In Robocalls Case

CBC | Posted 10.03.2012 | Canada Politics
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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...

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Robocalls Crackdown Coming?

CP | Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press | Posted 07.29.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - Restoring trust in the integrity of the electoral system has become a top priority for Elections Canada following the robocall scandal and pr...

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Robocalls Critics: At Least Tories Aren't Calling Us Nazis Or Child Pornographers

CBC | Posted 07.24.2012 | Canada Politics
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The Conservative Party has filed a second motion to dismiss the robocalls lawsuits filed by the left-leaning Council of Canadians, callin...

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Tories Ask Court To Toss Robocall Cases

CP | Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press | Posted 07.22.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - Seven Conservative MPs who narrowly won their seats in the last election are asking the Federal Court to toss out a request to review the res...

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Group Debunks Tory Robocalls Explanation

CBC | Posted 06.18.2012 | Canada Politics
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New information released by a group challenging last year's federal election results in seven ridings shows almost no changes in polling ...

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Father Of Modern-Day Conservative Movement Calls Ethics Upgrade

CBC | Posted 05.09.2012 | Canada Politics
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The patriarch of the modern-day conservative movement in Canada is calling for better ethical training for campaign workers in the wake o...

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We Think You Did It And We Don't Care

The Huffington Post Canada | Eric Grenier | Posted 03.09.2012 | Canada Politics
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Though almost four out of every five Canadians are aware of the “robocall” allegations and a plurality blame the Conservatives, support for Stephe...

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Tory Blames Elections Canada For Robocalls

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.05.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - A Conservative backbencher is suggesting Elections Canada may be partly to blame in the robocalls affair for giving political parties flawed ...

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The Media's Pre-Programmed Response to Robocalls

J.J. McCullough | Posted 05.02.2012 | Canada
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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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Who Is 'Pierre Poutine'?

CP | Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.29.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - Court documents show a cellphone in the robocalls affair was registered to Pierre Poutine of Separatist Street in Joliette, Que.Elections Can...

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Tories Accused Of Republican Tactics In Robocalls Scandal

CBC | Posted 04.29.2012 | Canada Politics
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Even as MPs unanimously passed a motion calling on politicians of all stripes to give Elections Canada and the RCMP any information on fr...

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Robocalls Scandal Canada's Nixonian Moment?

CP | Paola Loriggio, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.26.2012 | Canada Politics
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TORONTO - The opposition politicians were out in force Saturday fanning the flames created by the election robocall scandal, while the Conservatives o...

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