--- Manning's right, Tories are wrong on democracy
The Welland Tribune
Mon Mar 3 2014
So when Manning casts a critical eye toward the Conservative government's plans to revamp the way Elections Canada works, the administration of Stephen Harper would do well to listen....
The Tories want to change Elections Canada and what the country's chief electoral officer can do. The most sweeping change the The FairElections Act would make is limiting the office of the electoral officer to informing the public when, where and how to vote.
Elections Canada could no longer run 'Get Out the Vote' campaigns. The electoral officer could still do research on, say, voting trends, who votes or doesn't and why, but the results of that research could not be published because that would constitute communications to the public outside the limits.
The Welland Tribune
Mon Mar 3 2014
So when Manning casts a critical eye toward the Conservative government's plans to revamp the way Elections Canada works, the administration of Stephen Harper would do well to listen....
The Tories want to change Elections Canada and what the country's chief electoral officer can do. The most sweeping change the The FairElections Act would make is limiting the office of the electoral officer to informing the public when, where and how to vote.
Elections Canada could no longer run 'Get Out the Vote' campaigns. The electoral officer could still do research on, say, voting trends, who votes or doesn't and why, but the results of that research could not be published because that would constitute communications to the public outside the limits.
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--- Fairness for Conservatives only
The Chronicle-Herald
Mon Mar 3 2014
Shall we take a moment to consider to whom, exactly, the new Fair Elections Act will be fair? Will it be fair to voters? Or will it be "fair" mainly to the Conservatives, who are ramming the changes through Parliament at flank speed?
What, exactly, was so unfair about federal elections that the Conservative government now feels the need for 252 pages of changes? If we need a Fair Elections Act now, does that mean the old one was unfair? To whom?
The Chronicle-Herald
Mon Mar 3 2014
Shall we take a moment to consider to whom, exactly, the new Fair Elections Act will be fair? Will it be fair to voters? Or will it be "fair" mainly to the Conservatives, who are ramming the changes through Parliament at flank speed?
What, exactly, was so unfair about federal elections that the Conservative government now feels the need for 252 pages of changes? If we need a Fair Elections Act now, does that mean the old one was unfair? To whom?
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