Friday, March 02, 2012

On Robogate

This is an automated recording for... PRiME MiNiSTER STePHEN HaRper: today's debates won't take place in the House of Commons. They will be convened in a court of law and a court of public opinion.

A lot has already been made about "Robogate" in the media, so I'm not going to retread over all the opinions and information that has been shared already. I will say, though, that this election fraud is truly a supression of our democratic rights and freedoms. People were confused about which polling station to go to and were intimidated to vote for specific...cough conservative cough... candidates. That means that hundreds, if not thousands, of people didn't vote or failed to vote for who they truly wanted to.

There absolutely needs to be just punishment for such dirty election tricks. After all, we don't know the full scale of the fraud yet and can't fully fathom how it affected the outcome of last year's federal election, in which the Tories finally won a majority after years of minority rule. But, if you read election and criminal laws, you may be surprised at the maximum penalties for such tampering. $5,000 fines for individuals blah blah blah. $500,000 for the party yadda yadda yadda. Rubbish! There needs to be another election, at least in the ridings where it was proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that these automated calls affected the election. People should have a fair and legitimate chance to vote for who they want to and also have a right to know the true location of their polling station. Since many were denied both of these things, they are very much owed another shot. And after this hullabaloo and the Bill C-30 insanity, results may be a little bit different this time around.

Stay tuned for my thoughts on Bill C-30.

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