NDP Dewar Fined for Robo Calls

[scribblet]

Oh no, must've been Harper's fault...

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/07/26/robocalls_paul_dewar_fined_7000_by_regulator_over_election_campaign_robocalls.html

OTTAWA – A New Democrat member of Parliament has been fined by Canada’s telecommunications regulator over robocalls made during the party’s last leadership campaign.

Paul Dewar was fined $7,000 by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission as part of what it calls a wide-ranging investigation.

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[PIK]

What does charlie angus have to say about this. lol

[Shady]

The election was stolen!!!

[socialist]

The CPC has all the dogs out tying to dig up dirt on the opposition. Declining pulll numbers result in desperation.

[scribblet]

Surely you are not serious, the conservatives had nothing to do with this. Are you saying it isn't true ?

That's 3 now, Dewar joins Liberal MPs Frank Valeriote and Marc Garneau. I didn't realize Garneau had been charged.

http://www.hilltimes.com/news/politics/2013/03/14/garneau%E2%80%99s-campaign-admits-phone-survey-didn%E2%80%99t-comply-with-crtc-rules-on/34004#.UUKNmKTVyG8.twitter

Edited July 26, 2013 by scribblet

[Topaz]

There's a difference here. When a Liberal or NDP are put on notice about any election problems, they talk and work with Election Canada to solve the problem including paying the fine. When Tories get a notice, they scream bloody murder, that they are innocence they didn't so anything wrong and EC is wrong and do not co-operate or so very little of it to bring it to a close and at times they push it into the court room costing Canadians, and where they ended up being wrong and paying a fine to stay out jail.

[Bryan]

There's a difference here.

Yeah, there is. The people doing the loudest screaming about how bad the Conservatives are, once again turn out to be the ones who were actually committing the very offences they were making accusations of.

[socialist]

Yeah, there is. The people doing the loudest screaming about how bad the Conservatives are, once again turn out to be the ones who were actually committing the very offences they were making accusations of.

Robocalls is a tactic out of the CPC playbook.

[Papacorn]

Why is it the CRTC can get closure on these cases and Elections Canada can not?

[Shady]

Robocalls is a tactic out of the CPC playbook.

Looks like it's part of the NDP playbook too.

[scribblet]

Good question.

Did anyone notice that the article mentioned the call company Strategic communications which was also fined for (an unrelated) offense when working for the NDP, but failed to mention an interesting point. What the article in the paper didn't mention was that the CEO of that company was am expert witness for the radical left wing group Council of Canadians during their attempt to overthrow the last election.

http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1203533/member-of-parliament-and-telemarketing-service-provider-pay-penalties-for-violating-crtc-unsolicited-telecommunications-rules-penalties-totalling-17-0

Strategic Communications Inc. was issued a notice of violation for a robocall campaign it carried out on behalf of the NDP between 11 January and 20 January 2012 in the electoral district of St-Maurice-Champlain, Québec. The calls in question did not specify that they were being made on behalf of the NDP, nor did they include the call originator's mailing address and contact telephone number. Strategic Communications Inc. cooperated with the CRTC's investigation, paid a monetary penalty of $10,000 and committed to establish a comprehensive compliance program to prevent future such occurrences.

[westguy]

Topaz - why do you still condemn the CPC when the Libs and the NDP are caught, not the CPC

[Bryan]

Good question.

Did anyone notice that the article mentioned the call company Strategic communications which was also fined for (an unrelated) offense when working for the NDP, but failed to mention an interesting point. What the article in the paper didn't mention was that the CEO of that company was am expert witness for the radical left wing group Council of Canadians during their attempt to overthrow the last election.

That's an ongoing pattern for the left. A huge part of the reason the left is so sure the right is doing all manner of untoward things is that they themselves are already doing them, and it doesn't cross their minds that others may not be as shifty as they are.

Edited July 27, 2013 by Bryan

[PIK]

It is the left that has been trying every trick in the book to get the election overturned.

[socialist]

I doesn't much matter. The CPC will be kicked to the curb in 2015 and Justin Trudeau will enjoy a long reign as PM cleaning up the garbage in this once proud country.

[bleeding heart]

Yeah, Justin will fix the country!

[PIK]

I doesn't much matter. The CPC will be kicked to the curb in 2015 and Justin Trudeau will enjoy a long reign as PM cleaning up the garbage in this once proud country.

Actually harper is taking us back when this country was really great, not a world ghetto. You know there was a canada before PET became PM. Socialism killed detroit and we are going to let that happen here.

Edited July 27, 2013 by PIK

[socialist]

Actually harper is taking us back when this country was really great, not a world ghetto. You know there was a canada before PET became PM. Socialism killed detroit and we are going to let that happen here.

PIK, you always give me a good chuckle with your posts. The government is rife with scandal; I guess you think that is really great. Canada need to go to the model that public education uses; where equality and diversity are the main focal points of a vibrant and tolerant nation.

[Bryan]

We are the most respected country in the world right now. Not something you ever heard of when the Liberals were in power.

[Bob Macadoo]

We are the most respected country in the world right now. Not something you ever heard of when the Liberals were in power.

Both statements the subject of conjecture and opinion on your part. Facts lie on both sides to support/refute which you fail to cite. Such black / white statements only serve to antagonize not promote debate.

[scribblet]

Not so, http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/695511/canada-ranked-no-1-country-brand-in-the-world

[Keepitsimple]

Scribblet - I doubt several of our ardent posters will want to hear that - and just will not believe it. Just another example of how our media swallow the relentless negative drumbeat of the opposition - while Canada keeps showing leadership in the world.

In just four short years, Canada has become the most respected country brand in the world. It bumped the US from the top spot as it leveraged the 2010 Winter Games to extend the global reach of its tourism brand.

Edited July 28, 2013 by Keepitsimple

[scribblet]

Scribblet - I doubt several of our ardent posters will want to hear that - and just will not believe it. Just another example of how our media swallow the relentless negative drumbeat of the opposition - while Canada keeps showing leadership in the world.

In just four short years, Canada has become the most respected country brand in the world. It bumped the US from the top spot as it leveraged the 2010 Winter Games to extend the global reach of its tourism brand.

Well said ! Some seem to be so united in hate towards PM Harper they let it override sense. They ignore the achievements and how well the country has been doing and how well we have weathered the recession. We've done much better than most.

[Bryan]

Not so, http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/695511/canada-ranked-no-1-country-brand-in-the-world

I didn't even know about that one (it's better than I thought), I was referring to this:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2013/06/27/the-worlds-most-reputable-countries-2013/

Topping the list for the third year in a row: Canada. Sweden comes in second, one place up from last year and Switzerland is third, up from fourth last year. (Australia slipped from second to fourth place.)

[Keepitsimple]

I didn't even know about that one (it's better than I thought), I was referring to this:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2013/06/27/the-worlds-most-reputable-countries-2013/

Notice how little action there is from the Harper-haters when they are presented with factual articles from the world outside Canada. The world has taken notice of what we have accomplished in the last 5 years or so. Too bad our Left dominated media - like the CBC - cannot find the time to let Canadians see themselves as most of the world sees us.