Stephen Maher: The party is using pre-recorded voice actors and a controversial technology that the Liberals abandoned at the last moment
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Your morning five: Robocalls probe hears new testimony
Also: A Canadian journalist is wounded in Afghanistan
QP Live: Remember Ottawa?
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The day so far: Rob Ford defies troubled city councillors
Also: Supreme Court hears Senate reform arguments, and robocalls trial continues
Q&A: Canada’s top election official on voting, cheating and reforming
In this week’s Maclean’s I write about Marc Mayrand, Canada’s chief electoral officer. Mayrand is often called a “watchdog,” the informal category that also includes federal officials like the auditor general and the privacy commissioner. But doesn’t just enforce the rules for voting and political finance to make sure nobody’s gaming the system, he also runs federal elections. It’s that hands-on, operational role that sets him apart; he must actually keep the election machine in order, and knows better than anyone where it’s in need of repair. Here is an edited transcript of my recent interview with him, the basis of this week’s story:
Stephen Harper’s to-do list
Nick Taylor-Vaisey considers the unfinished business of Parliament
Twenty questions from Parliament Hill that need answers
Here’s Nick Taylor-Vaisey on what politicians left hanging
In other news: election fraud, voter suppression and illegal robocalls
This month just keeps getting better
How not to clean up elections
Legislation to fight fraudulent calls is now seven months past due
Robocalls report: Elections Canada on ‘deceptive communications with electors’
On Wednesday after Question Period, Elections Canada tabled its report on robocalls. More of our continuing coverage on the story here.
Here’s the report, for those who like to read straight from the source:
Elections Canada on Robocalls