[Canada] Canadian Politics Redux

[crazy canuck]

We spent the week bickering but in the end realized there isnt all that much to disagree about?

This too shall pass.

[Zoupa]

What's going on around here? Everyone seems to be in a good mood. It's really out of character.

Mean, it is Friday and all but that happens once a week so that's not a sufficient explanation...

Fine, then.

Fuck you, Jake!

(not really  sorry)

Any of you guys see that NDP ad with Mulcair rolling up his sleeves?

Effective.

[Josephus]

Think I saw a poll recently that had the NDP above the Tories

[Jacob]

More on the robo-call investigation: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/05/04/pol-robocalls-ip-address-traced.html

Elections Canada has traced a computer from the Conservative campaign in Guelph, Ont., to the account that paid for robocalls that falsely directed voters to the wrong polling station in the last federal election.

Newly released court documents show investigator Al Mathews traced a PayPal account used to pay for the robocalls to the same IP address as a computer used by Andrew Prescott, the deputy campaign manager in the riding

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Mathews found that both Prescott and "Pierre Poutine" used the same two IP addresses when logging into their accounts with Racknine. On May 2, 2011 — election day — both clients "accessed Racknine within four minutes of each other," using the same IP address, Mathews says in the court document.

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Mathews does not accuse Prescott of making the calls.

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The court documents also say two Conservative workers in the last election campaign reported comments made by a former staffer about campaign misinformation.

Matthew McBain and Christopher Crawford said Michael Sona talked about "calling electors to tell them their poll location had changed" and "making a misleading poll moving call," according to Matthews' court filing.

Sona, who worked on Burke's campaign, resigned in February from Conservative MP Eve Adams' office shortly after news broke about the investigation in Guelph.

[crazy canuck]

I am interested to see how the Conservatives respond to this.

[Grey Fox]

Oh yeah! Sadly this wont hold up for 3 more years.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ndp-broadens-support-into-tory-turf-poll-shows/article2428433/

[Josephus]

Oh yeah! Sadly this wont hold up for 3 more years.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ndp-broadens-support-into-tory-turf-poll-shows/article2428433/

It can...or close to it, if the Liberals continue to fade away into obscurity. The NDP should target the Liberals not the Conservatives who are always going to poll close to their current number at least.

[Jacob]

I am interested to see how the Conservatives respond to this.

I guess they didn't really? I haven't come across anything, at least.

[viper37]

No, nothing but silence on this one.

[viper37]

Oh yeah! Sadly this wont hold up for 3 more years.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ndp-broadens-support-into-tory-turf-poll-shows/article2428433/

it's good it happens.  It'll force them to clean their act, stop this monarchist bullishit and concentrate on their strenght: budget reduction.

[Neil]

Monarchism is one of their strengths.

[Grey Fox]

Monarchism is one of their strengths.

It's also really weird and feels like it's out of left field.

There is no canadian identity, give it up already.

[viper37]

Monarchism is one of their strengths.

that's why they're falling in the polls.

Thomas Mulcair will be your next Prime Minister.  Bye-bye tar sands! 

[Jacob]

The BC minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation is making small talk to some start up people about 4 metres away from me, having just finished giving his politician comments to a news crew.

[Neil]

Monarchism is one of their strengths.

that's why they're falling in the polls.

People like monarchism.

Thomas Mulcair will be your next Prime Minister.  Bye-bye tar sands! 

Seems unlikely.