Judge Agrees 2011 Election Plagued by Fraud; Conservatives Implicated

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, today expressed gratitude for the dedication and perseverance of the Council of Canadians along with eight voter applicants after the positive Federal Court ruling on election fraud. “This is a victory for those directly involved, but also for all Canadians concerned about the health of their democracy,” ...

Petitions – 41st General Election

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, the second petition is from residents from all over, including Toronto, Sarnia and other locations in Ontario. They are calling upon the House to launch a full investigative inquiry into the attempt to defraud voters that took place in many ridings across the country, the so-called robocall scandal, which has still ...

Buckingham Palace answers Green Party letter

For your information, We have posted on our website the answer the Green Party of Canada received from Buckingham Palace to Elizabeth May’s August 30th letter demanding a Royal Inquiry to investigate what may potentially be criminal activities which influenced Canada’s last election. The letter was an action required by a members’ resolution at the ...

Green Party Supports Robofraud Applications; Repeats Call for Inquiry

As eight Canadians in six federal ridings go to Federal Court in Ottawa again today, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf Islands, offered her support to the applicants and to the Council of Canadians which is sponsoring their applications. May expressed her hope that the cases relating to allegations of vote suppression – the ...

Robofraud Backgrounder

May 2, 2011: Federal Election May 14, 2011: Green Party of Canada wrote to Elections Canada to register complaints about electoral irregularities. February, 2012: Postmedia News and the Ottawa Citizen reported that, during the 2011 federal election, misleading automated phone calls were made in the riding of Guelph Ontario using...

Grassroots Petition Presses For Robocall Scandal Inquiry

Members of Parliament Elizabeth May (Saanich–Gulf Island), Craig Scott (Toronto–Danforth) and Stéphane Dion (St-Laurent–Cartierville) joined forces today and tabled a petition calling for an investigation into the Conservative’s Robocall scandal. Two citizens, Tara Ferrell and Jonathan Allan, initiated the petition. They were also involved in organizing the big Robocall rallies in Toronto. Deeply concerned about ...

Bill C-453 An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (preventing and prosecuting fraudulent voice messages during election periods)

Essentially, this bill would amend the Canada Elections Act to make it an offence, subject to severe fines, to knowingly transmit false information through voice messages. In addition, it creates certain obligations to report to Elections Canada in a mandatory framework. Seconded by Elizabeth May on October 23, 2012 Click here for the full document. Print ...

Petitions – 41st General Election

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present three petitions. The first petition calls upon the government, the Prime Minister and cabinet to create a special inquiry to ensure that we get to the bottom of who was behind the attempts at electoral fraud in the 2011 election. This comes from residents of Halifax ...

Petitions – 41st General Election

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I rise to present four petitions. The first petition deals with the issue of alleged election fraud in an effort to mislead voters through robocalls. The petitioners mostly come from within my riding from the community of Mayne Island and they call for a public inquiry. Print this page...

Letter to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, requesting a Royal Inquiry to restore Canada to a free and fair democracy

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Buckingham Palace London SW1A 1AA United Kingdom August 30, 2012 Your Majesty, I wish to write to you regarding a matter of grave importance to Canadians, and I request your assistance with this matter. The mechanisms Canada had in place to ensure free and fair democratic elections appear to be ...