Consider the Guelph Ontario robocall case dead in the water after this stunning revelation:
Some of the most damaging evidence against a Guelph man in the middle of the robocall scandal was based on an error made by an Elections Canada investigator, court records show.
“In an earlier (sworn affidavit) I wrote that Sona called McBain ‘about a campaign of disinformation such as making a misleading poll-moving call,’” Mathews wrote in a footnote on page 30 of the 36-page document. “On checking I realize that in both interviews Mr. McBain … did not recall Sona as relating the call to ‘disinformation’ or about a ‘misleading poll moving call,’ only that he wanted to set up an autodial call that would not track back to the Burke campaign.” (see here)
And I imagine a lawsuit will soon follow.
September 4, 2012 at 8:05 PM
Interesting that McGregor and Maher did not “break” this particular robo-calls story. A curious omission. Also the first major development on robo-calls to not be aggressively re-tweeted by Club Kady and her glee club.
September 4, 2012 at 8:11 PM
Shhh….don’t want it to get out
Postmedia Mar 14: “Tory staffer fingered by own party as ‘Pierre Poutine’ stunned by allegations”
Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher: “Anonymous Conservatives have repeatedly fingered Michael Sona” and “A CTV News report cited unnnamed Conservatives saying Sona had owned up to the calls”
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/03/14/tory-staffer-fingered-by-own-party-as-pierre-poutine-stunned-by-allegations/
September 5, 2012 at 10:07 PM
Better known as Woodhead and Turdstein
September 4, 2012 at 9:42 PM
Yah, a complete scam/wash if I ever seen/heard one. Is this ‘investigator’ the same hired prior NDP-activist (or something like that)? Someone had better investigate the BS and get to the bottom. It stinks worse that Adscam…
September 4, 2012 at 10:20 PM
http://bcblue.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/cbc-elections-canada-is-using-former-ndp-candidate-turned-campaign-communications-strategist/
September 5, 2012 at 3:48 AM
Nothing left but a lawsuit. There should be apologies, but then that would take character.
September 5, 2012 at 5:52 AM
There is nothing more sickening… unless it’s the NDP’s characterization of themselves as a “refreshing” change and they’ll build the bridges for others (read CPC) to blow up. Not only do I have to stick a fork in my eye; I have to gag myself with a spoon. Sorry, off topic.
But how is it that the NDP are so lily-white? (sarc on) What a great joke it would be for some NDP/PQ/Union/Anarchist supporter to sabotage Liberal voters and point the finger at the CPC. The media would go mad with excitement! Except it isn’t really working in Quebec this time.
I hear crickets.
But wait; they’re not really lily-white are they? Something about election funding…Hush now!
September 5, 2012 at 11:51 AM
Look at the last sentence, the other four have not responded or something akin?? The article leaves me with the impression of wrong doing without the article stating who did what to whom.
September 6, 2012 at 8:12 AM
[...] investigator Matthew McBain fabricated a quote by Conservative campaign worker Michael Sona (see here) yet not a single mention of this has been reported anywhere except by the [...]
September 6, 2012 at 9:27 AM
[...] The Guelph Mercury broke the story that Election Canada’s lead robocall investigator fabricated a quote that formed their most damaging evidence. I’m hoping Dean’s right and a lawsuit is pending. [...]