The Mechanics Of Electoral Fraud In Canada

2 thumbs up! Micro-targeting from Bush-McCain 2000 to Canada. The initiative for the bingo card scheme actually came from a meeting of the minds between the Conservative Party of Canada and the Bloc, a party whose avowed purpose is to break up Canada. 

 

Elections Canada: 1. Underfunded, 2. Denied Adequate Enforcement Resources, 3. Denied Legislative Powers To Prosecute Electoral Fraud In A Timely Manner. Bill C-31: An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and the Public Service Employment Act.

In other news, Pierre Karl Péladeau wants to be PQ leader.

The externalization of the unique stable voter identifier number and the use of the Elections Canada bingo card constitute the 2 elements that enabled the robocall voter suppression scandal. - statement of Will Arlow to the Election Canada Advisory Committee of Political Parties (ACPP)

best of 2013 -- oops!

Conservatives did/ did not send Saskatchewan robocalls.
RackNine, gerrymandering electoral boundaries

PMO: director of issues management

Chase Research -- "mistake"
Hapnerr: "our position to the public is very clear"

The Wildrose Party was suspected by some of involvement in the call but its origin was never confirmed. Meier’s company has worked for Wildrose as well as the federal Conservatives.

“There was an internal miscommunication on the matter, and the calls should have been identified as coming from the Conservative Party,” said DeLorey.

After the Citizen made inquiries of Meier, the outgoing messages on the two numbers were replaced by out-of-service messages.

Jenni Byrne (born 1977) is the director of political operations for the Conservative Party of Canada and a former director of issues management at the Prime Minister's Office.

• June. PMO sends phony protesters to Trudeau appearance ("Holding signs quoting Tory attack ads, the young Conservatives stood behind Trudeau’s podium during his televised speech.".
• August "A FRESH START" PMO sought 'ENEMIES LIST' to brief SHUFFLED cabinet ministers and senior staff shuffled at the PMO: "Jenni Byrne, who steered the Conservatives’ 2011 campaign with another former chief of staff, Guy Giorno, moves from the party’s head office to become a deputy chief of staff to Ray Novak."  
• Saskatchewan SenatorPamela Wallin, resident "of Kuroki Beach" SK vs Gluskin Sheff filings (board of directors). On 3 boards, claimed Senate expenses for Porter expenses, and tried to make retroactive redactions.
• New Canadians and adults in literacy programs get a propaganda-mainline, with HAPNER$VERB$™ & conjugation$™ "voted" #5 btw is incorrect, majority of Canadians did not vote goon. via Read Saskatoon, federally-funded 
• CTV photojournalist Dave Ellis asks Stephen Harper a question, therefore nearly prevented from boarding PM's plane NY - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Former Harper Press Secretary-Sen. Carolyn Stewart Olsen quits chair of Senate internal economy committee, denies whitewashing expense reports ('deep roots' NB), recently accused of wrongly claiming more than $4,000 in accommodation and meal expenses at a time when she was not involved in any Senate business. Sen David Tkachuck resigned chair committee on internal economy, budgets and administration in June '13

#robocalls

Elections Canada investigates voter suppression calls in 56 ridings.

CPC's lawyer: Arthur Hamilton

Elections Canada:

"On Aug. 30, 2012, I spoke with Mr. Hamilton by telephone and discussed with him the issue of whether the Conservative Party or its candidate in several [electoral districts] noted herein made such calls. He advised me he would look into the matter and reply," Dickson wrote.

"On Sept. 20, 2012, Mr. Hamilton advised me he will put the request forward for a response. On Oct. 2, 2012, Mr. Hamilton advised me that he will attempt to arrange for me to speak directly with the appropriate campaign official. On Oct. 30, 2012, Mr. Hamilton advised me that he anticipates being able to facilitate such meetings in the near future."

source

poutine

Phone number behind misleading call traced to Conservative office disconnected: Kitchener-Conestoga MP to investigate: http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/642172--phone-number-behind-misleading-call-disconnected

 "The party claims the marketing firm RMG, which was charged with placing the calls, accidentally contacted her about voting in Kitchener Centre. An investigation by The Record revealed the link between the party and the phone call Siopiolosz received. It also revealed she was not alone.

"Elections Canada received over 100 reports of such misleading phone calls in the run-up to the May 2nd election. When called Monday, the phone number went to a voicemail from the “Conservative Party” that promised to get back to inquiries within three days. As of Tuesday morning, the number was no longer in service."

Firm that made Cotler calls also worked for Speaker Andrew Scheer, other Tory candidates. http://shar.es/WXmGm | Federal Tories say alleged election crank call was just an honest mistake.  http://bit.ly/syMiv5

that's rich 

Dean Del Mastro, media crasher extraordinaire - $21,000

Del Mastro (Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s parliamentary secretary) stormed the CBC? The program, "Power and Politics"? see: unscheduled televsion appearance

Holinshed Research Group

"The company, once based in Ottawa, now no longer appears operational."

Ted Opitz: I can't add it up {Etobicoke Centre}

Ted Opitz won the Toronto seat of Etobicoke Centre by just 26 votes over Liberal Borys Wrzesnewskyj... An Ontario Superior Court judge found that Elections Canada officials made clerical errors at the polls. The judge threw out 79 votes and overturned the final result. citytv.com (05/28/2012)

Okay, simple.

Optiz said Don't need no stupid judge tellin' no stupid “52,000 people in Etobicoke Centre followed the rules and cast their ballots. 

So far so good. But -

... "Their democratic choice has been called into question by [the decision relating to] 0.15 per cent of those ballots."

So, you lose. Stall, and then stall, to the Supreme Court, you goofy imposter. Repeat: nobody took issue with any 52,000 votes. It's 79. Their democratic choice has been called into question by you stalling.

And: Only five other election results have been nullified by the courts since 1949; none of those rulings were appealed and byelections were quickly called to re-determine the will of the people in each riding.

It gets better.

News reports said the calls started on Friday and continued through the weekend, with the callers saying they were telephoning on behalf of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. theglobeandmail.com (Jun. 04 2012)

(Jason Kenney responds: Adscam!) lol

Earlier: One Etobicoke resident told The Globe and Mail they received an automated call about 6:30 pm ET asking them how they'd vote. Both the Conservative and Liberal parties said they didn't authorize such calls. theglobeandmail.com ("Toronto residents receive robo-calls after judge throws out election results, May 18 2012)

Please god, make it stop. Borys Wrzesnewskyj may have wanted to run for Liberal leadership in July. I don't suppose Mr. Opitz considered that. Not at all.

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Weird stuff.

on creeping canadians & databases

If a constituent writes his or her Member of Parliament, including address and phone number, with their concerns or questions, the information is entered into the Party's database? It produces profiles or ratings of individual constituents?

Garth Turner said that after door-knocking episodes (canvassing), it was back to the database, write everything. Jason Kenney: "They should be apologized."

Hat tip to Saskboy.

LIB: ManageElect08/Liberalist. CON: CIMS (Is sharing with municipalities or provincial parties bad?) "CIMS grew out of the Ontario PC party’s Trackright database." NDP: NDP Vote.

so i say hey hey hey what's going on

Every Thing We Do Promotes Savings.™ --- (luntz 101)
E.g. Kent: Blame media {for new furniture and storage costs}

Robocall probe stretches to 200 ridings across Canada: chief electoral officer Marc Mayrand

Terrible. aghast, even if it's just one case. But will the prime minister's own cat photographer and photog/videog entourage (harper.gov) be laid off, in the 'back office' cutbacks.

w.t.f.

At least he got rid of the personal groomer, 2006-2010, yet without offering to disclose her full-time salary for these public services. So, Mayrand appears on Thursday 'budget day'.

on spec: canada a robocall test market

Enron is to California Energy Crisis Alberta as robocalls are to US election in November.

"Enron tested ploy in Alberta," February 5, 2005. See also: Klein and energy deregulation, circa 1999, and earlier. Electricity prices: The highest of any province in Canada. (Versacold)

Reliant Energy Services indicted for manufacturing
the California Energy Crisis of 2000 and 2001. source

The "robocalls" are only a software/demographic run, system,  results oriented management... op criminal a technological advance in electoral manipulation processes.

front porch strategies - foreign radicals!

Very interesting.

Link.

Promotional video. "The team at Front Porch Strategies provides a great product, and work hard to make sure my campaign is targetting the right voters." - John Boehner, Speaker of the U.S. House

the blot thickens. audio {fundraising}.

This is shocking. How many calls did this Responsive Marketing Group Inc.'s staffer or ones like him make, before he was 'let go'? Audio is on CBC, As It Happens, FTR: CONSERVATIVE FUNDRAISERS @16:30 Mar 8 2012.

According to a recording obtained by La Presse newspaper, an RMG employee who identified himself as Don Duke used aggressive pitches to solicit donations for the Conservatives. The date of a series of recorded calls is not clear, but Duke says he is calling from “supporter services on behalf of the Harper government in Ottawa.”

When Duke reaches a man who questions who Duke is, and how he has come to identify the man as a party supporter, Duke challenges in return: “How would I have your membership number?” he demands. “Am I going to hack into the computers and get your membership number and your donation schedule for the last 6, 7, back to the year 2000. Where the hell would I get that? . . . I’m telling you where I got that, I got it from the Conservative Party records, right here.”

Duke guffaws and tells the man the party intends to “bury” Ignatieff at the ballot box [treehugging, sandalwearing, birkenstockclad]. When he reaches another man who says he is no longer a Conservative supporter, Duke responds: “We don’t want to talk to socialists or separatists. . . . We had you down as a good Conservative. And if you’re not Harry, no, we don’t want to speak to you then. Thank you, Harry.”

In another call to a woman, Duke says, “Your husband makes decisions on the money coming in? When do you think I could reach him?” There is a pause in the recording during which it’s unclear if it’s the same call or a later one the same night, Duke challenges her: “I heard him, your husband is there! He’s talking in the background. Oh. My. God.”

NDP interim leader Nycole Turmel demanded why RMG was making the calls in the name of the government, and whether it was “because RMG and the Conservative Party — it’s all the same?” The NDP’s Libby Davies noted RMG merged with Xentel, describing it as having “similar dubious tactics.” She said in 2010, Xentel was fined $500,000 by the CRTC “for violating Canada’s do-not-call list.” source

Very bad, very sad. RMG is the Conservative party's telemarketing supplier. It and Campaign Research are sending little legal notices all over, but Front Porch Strategies, the "top U.S. Republican firm," is kinda quiet.

robo.gov - update

The Conservatives blamed robocalls on multiple parties, including:

Liberal Party (Dean Del Mastro, Mar5/12),
Elections Canada (Saskatchewan MP Maurice Vellacott, Mar5/12),
a third party (Mike Duffy, Feb 27/12),
isolated incidents (Peter MacKay, Feb 27/12),
they do not know who was responsible (re Guelph, MP Dean Del Mastro, Mar 4/12).

MP Maurice Vellacott (Saskatoon-Wanuskewin) explains that the Conservative Party’s central campaign office in Ottawa is in charge of all Elections Canada voter lists and candidate voter identification lists, including the addition of voter telephone numbers, for all of the 308 Conservative candidate campaigns in federal elections. (Mar 6/12)

Conservatives refuse to make their phone lists public, and demand the Liberals do (they will), which sounds like Stratfor's strategy for scandals: "Admit nothing, deny everything and make counter-accusations." (Fred's Rule #2) And PM Harper refuses to explain why Conservative MPs rejected an Elections Canada request to verify campaign financial returns. (Mar 7/12)

In 2008: "Robocalls the night before the election reached thousands of NDP supporters to urge them to get out and vote for the non-existent candidate." (more: shady 3rd party organizations advertising for Lunn, Saanich-Gulf Islands)

hack: i heart ted morton. 9x.
(federal announcement, social
housing units. July 22, 2011)

But, war veterans are so... boring: sleepytime MP, Rob Anders, was asked to resign from the Commons veterans affairs committee. His apology for "hacks" and "Putins" was not accepted. (Why not just resign altogether, or fire the bum.)

In 2007: "the courts overturned Anders’s acclamation and ordered a new nomination meeting after the judge determined the Conservatives had violated their own rules." Who is Vitor Marciano anyway?

pierre poutine - misdirecting voters

Well. that's just great. First a Conservative staffer is fired, or resigns, the same stormtrooper at Guelph (Michael Sona) and helper to Rob or was it James Moore of fake iPod tax advertisements and also to Marty Burke, in the capacity of communications specialist.

Hm. On January 19, 2010, James Moore ( Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) of Chuck Cadman fame, nono, Rob Moore (Fundy Royal) was appointed to cabinet as the Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism), who replaced Diane Ablonczy [that trouble with gay pride festival funding in hogtown], who moved to Minister of State (Seniors), and he (Rob) was released from cabinet after the May 2nd general election in 2011.

ipodtax.ca
Registrant name: James Moore MP

Michael Sona
Member's Assistant
House of Commons
Moore, Rob

Harper denies Tory link to Pierre Poutin, and blames uh, Vladimir Putin. And RackNine is suing the NDP.

Matt Meier, president and CEO of Racknine Inc. in Edmonton.

North Dakota -
Elections Canada won't probe 'annoying' political calls, ex-MP told (former MP Joe Volpe's lawyer)
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Elections+Canada+probe+annoying+political+calls+told/6229034/story.html

RCMP on the robocalls case feb28
http://impolitical.blogspot.com/2012/02/rcmp-on-robocalls-case.html

A growing file on the robocalls feb29
http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/02/29/papers-pundits-a-growing-file-on-the-robocalls/

American dirty tricks expert calls robocalls 'shock to system' of Canadian democracy
By Michelle Zilio, Postmedia News February 29, 2012 http://www.vancouversun.com/news/American+dirty+tricks+expert+calls+robocalls+shock+system+Canadian/6230827/story.html

Elections Canada flooded by over 31,000 reports about election robocalls
The Canadian Press 03/2/2012 9:55 AM | Comments: 248 (including replies) | Last Modified: 03/2/2012 2:59 PM
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/elections-canada-reviewing-more-than-31000-complaints-about-robocalls-141180953.html

Irwin Cotler, citizen directed to vote in a local Kitchener park and the honest mistake, Tue Dec 20 2011
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1104778--federal-tories-say-alleged-election-crank-call-was-just-an-honest-mistake

Firm that made Cotler calls also worked for Speaker Andrew Scheer, other Tory candidates - Campaign Research Inc., December 14, 2011. 10:52 am
http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2011/12/14/firm-cited-in-cotler-calls-decision-did-major-work-for-tory-candidates/

Robo-calls: Tory MPs used top U.S. Republican firm during May election, Mar 03 2012
Fourteen Conservative MPs signed on with a well-connected Republican company during last year’s election campaign, contrary to the party’s claims, the Star has learned.
On its website, Front Porch Strategies, a “voter contact and constituency outreach” firm based in Columbus, Ohio, boasts: “In May’s federal elections, Front Porch Strategies won all 14 of their races.”
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1140344--conservative-mps-used-top-republican-firm-during-may-election

Michael Sona: I Had 'No Involvement' In Fraudulent Calls, Updated: 02/28/2012 10:55 pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/02/28/michael-sona-tory-election-calls_n_1308404.html

Ex-Conservative has warning- Mon Feb 27 2012
A few months ago I was a card carrying Conservative, serving as a director on both the Guelph and Kitchener-Center Conservative electoral district association boards. (Victor Pocaterra, Kitchener)
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters/article/1137705--ex-conservative-has-warning

i shit you not

'Sandy Crux at "Crux of the Matter" tells us this is all to drown out the accomplishments of the Conservatives. I shit you not! The Conservatives will balance the budget by 2014/2015, she says. So what's a little bit of election fraud along the way?'

more: http://leftistjab.blogspot.com/

one cent rmg = # of close ridings - $15,000.01

Reprinted from Orléans Star: Richard Cléroux.

Conservative candidates in Quebec paid for scam election calls elsewhere in Canada. Out of money they got from Toronto. Finally, Quebeckers can say they played some part in the scheme that misled Liberal voters by the thousands to non-existent polling stations on May 2. For a while we wondered if the scammers had forgotten about us. Everything was happening in the rest of Canada. Nothing in Quebec. And then suddenly there was Pierre Poutine. He was one of us. It wasn’t much, just a cellphone number and an address on “Separatist Street” in Joliettte. But at least it was Quebec. Ah, Poutine you saved the day and gave us our pride back. What’s a Conservative scam without at least some Quebeckers? 

It was the brilliant Le Devoir journalist Hélène Buzzetti who broke the story. Using the telephone – what else for this kind of story? – she established that money that helped pay for the Conservatives’ automated robocalls went through Quebec. She called up Quebec conservative candidates one after another. She had them singing like canaries in a mine after a while.

Bertin Denis, defeated Conservative candidate in Rimouski-Neigette-Témiscouata-Les Basques, (that’s a trip in itself) admitted his campaign organization had paid $ 15 000.01 to the Toronto-based Responsive Marketing Group (RMG.) Bertin Denis laid it out plainly. He was no more than a "mail box" for paying phone call bills to other parts of Canada. The party had sent him $55,000 but he had to write out a cheque to RMG for $15,000.01. Money in, money out. (Sounds familiar?) He couldn’t remember what the cheque to RMG was for.

A day later, after the right sort of guidance from Stephen Harper speaking in the House of Commons, Denis remembered. The cheque was for RMG services in his riding during the campaign. It had all came back to him. Call it senior’s moment. His official agent Ghislain Pelletier, had been most helpful. He told the reporter :  "The company sent us the invoice and I paid it, on the recommendation of the party."

Same sort of business went on in Chicoutimi-Le Fjord. The riding organization paid $15,000.01 to RMG.  (We don’t know about that extra last penny. It probably means something. Maybe Stephen Harper knows.) The Conservative candidate there was former journalist Carol Nero, who told the reporter he didn’t really know what the cheque to RMG was about.

Did he get his money’s worth? "I can’t really say if I got my money’s worth or not." (The life of a journalist is often like that.) 

There were others involved in the in and out money. They included: Sen. Larry Smith, the former Alouettes president, in Lac St. Louis-Dollard; Michel-Eric Castonguay, in Montmorency-Charlevoix-Haute-Côte-Nord; Pierre Paul-Hus in Louis-Hébert, except in his case it was a little different. His official agent, Martin Lemire explained that the Conservative Party had sent documentation because "it was more profitable than hiring volunteers."

In total, according to Elections Canada, 97 Conservative candidates across Canada, including 18 in Quebec, sent cheques to RMG or to other firms making telephone calls for the party. There is one other thing to note. RMG's billings do not appear in the national organization’s election records. It’s probably better that way.

The Conservative Party pleaded guilty last November to charges of electoral fraud precisely because it gave campaign funds to its candidates in 2006, and took back some of the money in exchange for a receipt the ridings could claim as legitimate expenses from Elections Canada. The Conservative Party paid $52,000 in fines, but at least nobody went to jail.

The important thing for us Quebeckers to remember is that we were not forgotten by the federal Conservative party in the telephone scheme. Now if we could just find that Pierre Poutine fellow, or even his “Separatist Street.” Anybody out there from Joliette?

http://www.orleansstar.ca/Blog-Article/b/21598/Quebeckers-share-in-election-scam