You won’t believe what Pierre Poilievre said about the Unfair Elections Act

Published April 1, 2014

This just in: the Conservative government’s Unfair Elections Act is a “terrific” bill, so says Pierre Poilievre with a straight face. It’s such a galling statement from the minister of state for democratic reform, given the avalache of criticism from all corners about the legislation currently before Parliament: the country’s editorial boards; Canada’s Chief Electoral […]

Conservatives making supernatural claims about voter fraud

Published March 26, 2014

We could all be living through an episode of the X-Files right now. Or, the Conservatives have no evidence of the voter fraud they claim the Unfair Elections Act will fix, so they’ve decided to just make up phony stories. First, Conservative MP Brad Butt got himself in trouble when he said he personally witnessed thefts of […]

Harper government’s “leap of logic” to justify voter suppression

Published March 15, 2014

Poor Pierre Poilievre. Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s point man on the government’s proposed elections act has just been called out, again, by yet another expert. The smack down on Saturday by Harry Neufeld has got to really hurt, though. That’s because Poilievre, minister of state for democratic reform, cites a Neufeld report at every opportunity to justify […]

Make stuff up in Parliament? You’ll be butt of a joke

Published March 12, 2014

Remember the Conservative MP who recounted a wild story about electoral fraud to justify draconian elements in the government’s proposed elections act? (Brad Butt later retracted it because it was, well, not true.) Watch Brad “I misspoke” Butt, played by Mark “22 minutes” Critch: Photo: YouTube

Do the Tories have any experts on their side to defend Unfair Elections Act?

Published March 11, 2014

Pierre Poilievre, the minister of state for democratic reform stick handling the proposed new election law for the Conservative government, is seriously outnumbered here. A week after Marc Mayrand, Chief Electoral Officer of Elections Canada, delivered a detailed and devastating critique of the act before a parliamentary hearing, 160 academics issued their own analysis on Tuesday in an open letter to the […]

Elections Canada speaks truth to power: the Marc Mayrand remix

Published March 8, 2014

No wonder the Conservatives used parliamentary procedural shenanigans this week to try to thwart the testimony of the head of Elections Canada Marc Mayrand, Chief Electoral Officer of Elections Canada, delivered a detailed and devastating critique of the government’s proposed elections law. “He told MPs that the bill would create a loophole that will allow […]