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The man behind the Canadian auto parts giant Magna has founded a political party with the aim of leading his birth country of Austria in general elections next year.
The number of complaints about fraudulent or misleading telephone calls in last year's federal election has almost doubled, according to court documents filed by the Commissioner of Canada Elections.
The RCMP was called on by Elections Canada to help get to the bottom of who was behind fraudulent phone calls during last year's federal election campaign, the agency now confirms.
A 70-year-old Toronto grandmother was deported on Thursday, despite having no family members remaining in her native Sri Lanka.
The Conservative Party is objecting to the introduction of new evidence in the robocalls court challenge, after the Council of Canadians requested new details from Elections Canada on voter complaints about misleading phone calls during the 2011 federal election.
A lawyer for voters challenging the 2011 election result in seven federal ridings is asking Elections Canada to provide more information on its investigation into mysterious phone calls and other complaints from Canadians.
Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian is blasting managers at Elections Ontario for failing to enact security measures after losing two USB keys with the personal data of up to 2.4 million voters.
A Toronto city councillor is proposing a new way of electing city representatives starting in 2018.
Liberal Borys Wrzesnewskyj says "difficult questions" surround what he calls "problematic" new evidence presented to the Supreme Court at the last minute by Elections Canada in his court battle over last year's election in Etobicoke Centre.
Elections Ontario is facing a province-wide class action lawsuit after Ontario's chief electoral officer announced that two memory sticks containing copies of personal information collected from voters in 20 to 25 ridings went missing in April.
Elections Ontario has discovered a privacy breach that involves the personal information of voters in up to 24 provincial ridings.
Elections Canada has made a last-minute motion to file new evidence to the Supreme Court of Canada in Conservative MP Ted Optiz's appeal of a court decision that overturned the federal election result in Etobicoke Centre.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's parliamentary secretary, Dean Del Mastro, who is under investigation by Elections Canada, says recent media reports alleging his family was involved in a donation reimbursement scheme are baseless.
A top staffer for Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro's 2008 election campaign put a "stop payment" on a cheque for election services four days after contacting Elections Canada about spending limits, court documents show.
A lawyer for Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro says in a letter to Elections Canada that he's profoundly disappointed the agency won't meet with them unless Del Mastro understands his statements could be used against him in court.
- MP Del Mastro bank records turned over to Elections Canada (Category: Canada, Ontario)
- 5 questions about Dean Del Mastro's election spending (Category: Canada, Ontario)
- Del Mastro denies campaign spent $21K on Holinshed (Category: Canada, Ontario)
- Del Mastro says donation allegations hurting family name (Category: Canada, Ontario)
Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro is under investigation by Elections Canada for spending too much to get elected, court documents released confirm.
An Elections Canada report obtained by CBC provides new information about an incident that may have prevented voters from casting ballots at a seniors' residence in Etobicoke in Toronto during the last election.
Elections Canada may recommend regulating robocalls following 1,100 complaints from the last election, the Chief Electoral Officer told MPs today. He also said the agency is reviewing voter registration rules after results in a Toronto riding were thrown out.
The bills for internet services that Elections Canada hopes will lead to the person behind robocalls in Guelph, Ont., don't match the account number assigned to the Guelph Conservative campaign, the Ottawa Citizen is reporting.
While the serious case of fraudulent robocalls during last year's election attracts Elections Canada's attention, the agency seems less interested in the "clerical errors" and sloppy paperwork in two Toronto ridings.
Fifty-one voter registration certificates in three polls in a Toronto riding are missing from last May's federal election and Elections Canada has no record of them, an agency lawyer confirmed to CBC News today.
With a number of provincial and territorial elections taking place over the coming days, The House tackles one of this election season's key topics: job creation. Representatives from the Ontario Liberals, Tories and NDP join us for a special debate. Host Evan Solomon then asks Patricia Croft, a former senior economist at RBC, whether the politicians' plans are realistic.
Day 2 of the Ontario elections campaign starts Thursday with Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty in London, Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak in Ottawa and NDP Leader Andrea Horwath in Northern Ontario.
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Elections Ontario is hoping improved accessibility at polling stations and a special ballot that gives voters almost an entire month to vote will enourage greater participation in the upcoming Ontario election.
Ontario's New Democrats want to ban all political advertisements before elections and make leaders own up to negative ads if they choose to use them during the campaign.
The head of the agency in charge of federal elections says it's time to modernize Canada's elections, including testing online voting and ending a ban on publishing early election results.
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