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Robocalls Investigation

Even the Robocalls Investigation Is Dirty Business

Daniel Dickin | Posted 04.22.2013 | Canada Politics
Daniel Dickin

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.

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?

Calling All Rogers Complainants

CBC | Posted 03.17.2013 | Canada Politics

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

Documents Clash With Robocall Investigators' Claims

The National Post | Posted 10.28.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA -- Elections Canada has reported it is investigating reports of fraudulent and deceptive calls across Canada, but court documents made public M...

Elections Canada Sets Budget For Robocalls Probe

CBC | Posted 08.05.2012 | Canada Politics

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...

9 Facts On Pierre Poutine And Robocalls Scandal

CBC | Posted 07.16.2012 | Canada Politics

It has been just over a year since the last federal election, one that has become known almost as much for allegations of electoral fraud in Guelph, O...