There is a way forward on the robo-call issue without having to wait to see if Elections Canada does anything.
Apparently any voter can contest an election result in the electoral district they voted in if they believe there have been irregularities in that electoral district. The voter has the right to contest this within 30 days of either the election itself or first having heard of the irregularities, which ever is the later of the two. I believe the conservatives are aware of this and, with their recent calls to 'send in any evidence', they are playing a delaying game of running down the clock. In this case it's a 30 day clock that started on February 23, when news first came out about the robogate scandal. The news of these irregularities is well within the 30 day limit at this point so I would suggest private citizens across the country proceed to court immediately. Here are the relevant provisions of the Canada Elections Act:
524. (1) Any elector who was eligible to vote in an electoral district, and any candidate in an electoral district, may, by application to a competent court, contest the election in that electoral district on the grounds that
(a) under section 65 the elected candidate was not eligible to be a candidate; or
(b) there were irregularities, fraud or corrupt or illegal practices that affected the result of the election.
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clipped this from a Globe Commented, sounds good!
There is a way forward on the robo-call issue without having to wait to see if Elections Canada does anything.
Apparently any voter can contest an election result in the electoral district they voted in if they believe there have been irregularities in that electoral district. The voter has the right to contest this within 30 days of either the election itself or first having heard of the irregularities, which ever is the later of the two. I believe the conservatives are aware of this and, with their recent calls to 'send in any evidence', they are playing a delaying game of running down the clock. In this case it's a 30 day clock that started on February 23, when news first came out about the robogate scandal. The news of these irregularities is well within the 30 day limit at this point so I would suggest private citizens across the country proceed to court immediately. Here are the relevant provisions of the Canada Elections Act:
524. (1) Any elector who was eligible to vote in an electoral district, and any candidate in an electoral district, may, by application to a competent court, contest the election in that electoral district on the grounds that
(a) under section 65 the elected candidate was not eligible to be a candidate; or
(b) there were irregularities, fraud or corrupt or illegal practices that affected the result of the election.
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