Regina City Council robocalls linked to Republican strategy firm outed during 2011 Robocall scandal

There has been no shortage of questionable actions by Mayor Michael Fougere and the City of Regina during the city’s referendum on whether to turn its new waste water treatment plant over to a 30-year public-private partnership (P3) or to keep it public.

But the Mayor’s September 16 telephone townhall – one element of the $340,000 pro-P3 ad blitz paid for entirely with taxpayer dollars – raises even more troubling questions about how the City is conducting its ‘vote no’ campaign.
An apparent mix-up on the September 16  townhall left residents hearing the following automated message: “The Front Porch Strategies teleforum powered by Broadnet is currently in progress …” followed by the Mayor saying, “Err, a problem occurred, but, uh, P3s are very, very successful …” before moving into his P3 pitch.

You can listen to a one-minute long recording of the portion of the here.

call quoted above

Front Porch’s involvement in the City’s ‘vote no’ effort was the subject of a September 24 Regina Leader-Post article.

http://canadians.org/blog/regina-city-council-robocalls-linked-republican-strategy-firm-outed-during-2011-robocall

Front Porch Strategies’ Harper Connection

Front Porch Strategies may ring a bell for Canadians because of the firm’s efforts in the 2011 federal election in which, “Fourteen Conservative MPs signed on with a well-connected Republican company during last year’s election campaign, contrary to the party’s claims.” Among their clients was Peterborough MP Dean Del Mastro, the Conservative Party’s point man on the Robocall scandal, whose campaign spending in the 2008 election is being investigated by Elections Canada.

Despite working on 14 Conservative campaigns, some Conservatives tried to cover up Front Porch’s involvement. “Four of the 14 Conservative MPs who hired US political strategists in the 2011 election do not list the voter contact firm on their Elections Canada expense reports,” according to findings by the Vancouver Observer.

The deceit, the lies and the corruption never seems to end with this Conservative government