This page is currently under construction. It will be the central page for my notes on the robocall investigation once complete in several weeks’ time.

Where politicians are referenced on certain parts of this list, the reference is intended to be to their election campaign, not to themselves. In many cases compliance agreements or charges were issued in relation to something that had to do with their campaign, not necessarily with the politicians themselves. Unless the pages linked to make clear that the politicians or candidates themselves were charged or accused with misdeeds, this index should not be taken as implying that any allegations have been made against them personally.

 

 

 

41st Parliament (2011-2012)

 

1. Misdirection Phone Calls

1.1 Montreal “Survey” of 2011 (Conservatives)

1.1.1 Conservatives Call Residents to Spread False Rumour of MP’s Resignation

1.1.2 Speaker’s Ruling Calls Campaign “Reprehensible,” Takes No Action

1.1.3 Trade Association Cites Conservative Contractor for Violating Code of Conduct

 

 

2. Party Financial Irregularities

2.1 Illegal Fundraising

2.1.1 — NDP — Illegal fundraising for Broadbent Institute — The NDP offered tax credits for donations which would be forwarded to an outside organization, the newly established Broadbent Institute think tank

2.1.2 — NDP — Illegal fundraising at campaign — Party collected money as illegal “sponsorship” of its convention

 

 

 

2011 Election

 

2. Misdirection Calls

2.1 — Pierre Poutine (Probable Conservative Insider)

2.1.1 — Conservative Party Operates a Voter Surveillance Database

2.1.2 — Conservative Party Signs Exclusive Service Contract with Racknine Services

2.1.2 — Acquisition of Virgin Mobile Cell Phone by “Pierre Poutine”

2.1.3 — Acquisition of Conservative Contact Data by “Pierre Poutine”

2.1.4 — “Pierre Poutine” Accesses Racknine Services

• 2.1.4.1 — Guelph, Ontario (“Old Quebec Street Mall”)

2.1.5 — Tracking “Pierre Poutine”

• 2.1.5.1 — Internet Access Logs
• 2.1.5.2 — Conservative Campaign Workers

2.1.6 — The Identity of Pierre Poutine

 

 

2.2 — Allegedly “Mistaken” Live Misdirection Calls (Conservatives)

2.2.1 — Conservatives Retain Responsive Media Group for Callout Services

2.2.2 — Scripts Supplied to RMG Contain Erroneous Voter Location Data

 

2.3 — Additional Allegations (Unknown Perpetrators)

2.3.1 — “Conservatives” Identify Bogus Polling Location Changes

2.3.2 — “Liberals” Identify Bogus Polling Location Changes

2.3.2 — “Elections Canada” Identifies Bogus Polling Location Changes

2.3.3 — Unidentified Callers Identify Bogus Polling Location Changes

 

 

3. Harassment Calls

 

3.1 — “Liberal” Harassment Call Scheme (Unknown Perpetrators)

3.1.1 — Postmedia Allegations: “Systematic Voter Suppression Campaign”

3.1.2 — “Pierre Poutine”: A Model Harassment Call?

3.1.3 — Harassment Calls Attributed to “Liberal Party” or NDP

3.1.4 — Harassment Calls Attributed to “Conservative Party”

3.1.5 — Elections Canada Opens Investigation

 

 

4. Miscellaneous Allegations

4.1 — Interference With Polling

4.1.1 — Marty Burke (Conservative, Guelph, ON) — attempt to shut down a legally operating polling station

4.1.2 — Ted Opitz (Conservative, Etobicoke Centre, ON) — attempt to shut down a legally operating polling station

 

4.2 — Bogus or Irregular Advertising

4.2.1 — Conservatives Attempt to Plant Fake Incriminating Photos of Michael Ignatieff in Sun News

4.2.2 — Josipa Petrunic (Liberal, Calgary East, AB) — illegal unauthorized campaign advertisements

4.2.3 — Frank Valeriote (Liberal, Guelph, ON) — illegal anonymous robocall attacking opponent

 

4.3 — Fundraising and Financial

4.3.1 — Marty Burke (Conservative, Guelph, ON) — failure to identify significant election expenses

4.3.2 — Dean Del Mastro (Conservative, Peterborough, ON) — failure to identify significant election expenses, which could have exceeded expense limit; alleged acceptance of suspicious donations from a relative’s employees

4.3.3 — Peter Penashue (Conservative, Labrador, NL) — exceeding expense limit, alleged acceptance of corporate donations, loan from an Aboriginal development bank initially identified as being interest-free, and large writedown of air travel expenses not reported.

 

4.4 Other Irregularities

4.4.1 — Etobicoke Centre — Missing voter registration documents, ballots cast by voters not properly registered

 

 

 

2008 Election

 

1. Misdirection Calls

1.1 — Saanich-Gulf Islands Operations

 

 

2. Financial Irregularities

2.1 — Theft of Funds

2.1.1 — Arnjeet Sangha (Conservative, Mississauga-Brampton South, ON) — Campaign agent stole $18,768 rebate from Elections Canada which should have been reimbursed to riding association

 

2.2 — Exceeding Expense Limit

2.2.1 — Yonah Martin (Conservative, New Westminster-Coquitlam, BC) — violation of campaign spending limit by $8166

2.2.2 — Conservative MP Bev Shipley (Lambton-Kent-Middlesex, ON) — violation of campaign spending limit by $4462

2.2.3 — Conservative Government House Leader Peter Van Loan (York-Simcoe, ON) — violation of campaign spending limit by $4190

 

2.3 — Illegal Donations

2.3.1 — Kenney Daodu (Conservative, Winnipeg Centre, MB) — kickback clause in campaign office lease agreement

 

2.4 — Illegal Advertising

2.4.1 — McGill Liberal Association (Montreal, QC) — unauthorized distribution of campaign materials at a non-Liberal event

 

2.5 — Administrative Irregularities

2.5.1 — Claude Bachand (Liberal, Saint-Jean, QC) — re-use of 2006 campaign bank account

2.5.2 — Bruce Benson (Liberal, Selkirk-Interlake, MB) — failure to file bank statement

2.5.3 — Conservative MP Kevin Sorenson (Crowfoot, AB) — re-use of 2006 campaign bank account

 

 

 

39th Parliament (2006-2008)

 

1. Party Financial Irregularities

1.1 Illegal Fundraising

1.1.1 — Thunder Bay-Rainy River Conservative Association — Offered tax receipts for donations which would be forwarded to a “medical fundraising initiative.”

 

 

 

2006 Election

 

2. Financial Irregularities

2.1 “In and Out” Laundering Scheme (Conservative)

2.1.1 — Federal Funds Laundered Through Local Riding Accounts

2.1.3 — Elections Canada Investigation

2.1.4 — Guilty Plea and Fine

 

2.2 — Illegal Donations

2.2.1 — Conservative Science Minister Gary Goodyear (Cambridge, ON) — kickback clause in campaign office lease agreement

 

2.3 — Administrative Irregularities

2.2.1 — Blair Wilson (Liberal, West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country, BC) — accepting campaign donations before appointing official campaign agent

 

 

 

2004 Election

 

1. Financial Irregularities

1.1 — Exceeding Expense Limit

1.1.1 — Liberal MP Wajid Khan (Mississauga-Streetsville, ON) — exceeded limit by $31,188

 

1.2 — Administrative Irregularities

1.2.1 — Louise Foisy (NDP, Levis-Bellechasse, QC) — failure to file campaign finance report on time

2. Illegal Advertising

2.1 — Advertising Without Official Authorization Notices

2.1.1 — Lorraine Auclair (Liberal, Riviere-du-Nord, QC)

2.1.2 — Liberal MP Marc Godbout (Ottawa-Orleans, ON)

2.1.3 — Liberal MP Mark Holland (Ajax-Pickering, ON)

2.1.4 — Richard Pollock (Liberal, Windsor West, ON)

 

 

 

 

2000 Election

 

1. Interference With Polling

1.1 — Helene Alarie (Bloc Quebecois, Louis-Hebert, QC) — obstruction of polling station for 30 minutes by campaign manager

1.2 — Claude Gagnon (Progressive Conservative, Lac Saint Jean-Saguenay, QC) — removal of ballot from polling station

 

 

2. Financial Irregularities

2.1 — Administrative Irregularities

2.1.1 — Palluq Susan Enuaraq (NDP, Nunavut) — Failure to file campaign finance return on schedule

2.1.2. — Jerry Vague (Progressive Conservative, Calgary Northeast, AB) — Failure to file campaign finance return on schedule

 

 

Sources consulted: Elections Canada compliance agreements (2001-2012); sentencing digest (2012)

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