Granted the case against the 7 MP's was tossed out however there was sufficient reason to believe that voter suppression and fraud had occurred.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/conservative-mps-seek-355k-legal-costs-election-robocalls-215720124.html;_ylt=Avyha8q5rt23VYRhH37M4uwSscB_;_ylu=X3oDMTBwNHFuc3NqBG1pdAMEcG9zAzIEc2VjA2xuX0NCQ19nYWw-;_ylg=X3oDMTBhdnVpNmo3BGxhbmcDZW4tQ0E-;_ylv=3
In May, Federal Court Judge Richard Mosley threw out the voters' case because it couldn't be proven that the results of the election had been affected by the robocalls. He did, however, find there had been a "concerted campaign" of electoral fraud conducted by persons who has access to a database of voter information.
Once the court made its judgment there should have been an investigation by the RCMP, but none has been called for.
On Monday, a spokesperson for the Council of Canadians called the $355,000 tab "an outrageous amount," adding the council has not been able yet to raise the "already discounted" fees the voters incurred in the legal battle, let alone the MPs' costs.
In his ruling, Justice Mosley had plenty to say about costs in the case, particularly costs run up due to what he called "trench warfare" waged by the MPs. He accused the MPs of trying to "block these proceedings by any means" and ordered them to pay the costs of many motions they introduced that ended up delaying the proceedings.
The shame of it is that "politics most foul" shall prevail because the Harper government refuses to give Elections Canada the mandate and legal power to keep Canadian politics out of the Conservative sewer.
Let's not forget that Harper promised changes but all his MP's have fallen silent.
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