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OTTAWA — The Conservatives have confirmed they are behind a rash of phone calls to Liberal MP Irwin Cotler’s Montreal-riding over the past couple of weeks in which constituents allegedly were told of Cotler’s resignation and a pending byelection.

But while the party says it was not breaking any rules, political scientists feel the tactic crosses a line and will harm not only voters’ trust in the system, but perhaps even the Conservatives themselves.

“It’s disgusting,” said Queen’s University professor Ned Franks. “Politics is a blood sport but that doesn’t mean you have to resort to dirty blows.”

The “political scientists” – who, in my experience, are neither – are wrong.  It’s much more than “crossing a line.” This is a corrupt practice and against the law.  In fact, if electors were provided with false information, inside or outside of the writ, laws were indeed broken.  That’s particularly true if any aspect of the Conservatives’ conspiracy took place in or near Ontario.

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96.2 (1)  A person who, inside or outside Ontario, prevents another person from voting or impedes or otherwise interferes with the person’s exercise of the vote is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $5,000.

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(2)  A person who, inside or outside Ontario, does anything for the purpose of aiding another person to commit the offence described in subsection (1), abets another person in committing it, or counsels or procures another person to commit it is a party to the offence.

Quebec has similar, and tougher, laws. This morning, the Harper Conservatives have admitted they’ve broken the law.  If I were Irwin Cotler – a man who I and others admire very much, and whose integrity is beyond reproach – I would get on the line to the police right now.

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…below. Very nice to receive.

Meanwhile, assorted media – at the Globe, Gazette, Huffington Post and elsewhere –  continue to falsely propagate the notion that there was a religious sanction for “honour killings.”  Not helpful.

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Earlier today:

Reporter: Tim, the Toronto District School Board wants you to apologize for things that were said during the campaign, including a homophobic, or what they’re saying is a homophobic flyer that was distributed by your party – will you apologize?
 
Hudak: You know, I’ve answered the question before, and the answer is no.

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Yesterday’s post stirred various Raelians – all using false names and/or fake email accounts, and regurgitating suspiciously-similar talking points – into a spit-flecked fury.  Some of the more rational ones argued that Bob Rae should be permitted to break his written promise not to seek the permanent leadership because, well, we’re doing great in one poll.

As a rejoinder, a regular reader sent me this.  It’s hard to read, but it makes clear that not all is well, one poll notwithstanding.  As he put it: “Warren, this is really why we’re losing elections. Sitting MPs with zero members. What a joke. They wonder where their volunteers are.”

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Below, one comment in response to today’s column.  I don’t know who is moderating over there, but they need to pay closer attention, I think.

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  Why is this anti-White still being given a platform for his blathering?

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I see.

So it’s okay for the interim leader to break his promise to not run for the leadership, and to squelch the ambitions of anyone other than himself?

Because, make no mistake, he promised not to seek the leadership post. And he said he would encourage, not discourage, others to seek the leadership.

He’s not telling the truth. And this is one “stupid blogger” who intends to make that point, over and over.

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If you enter those words — “honour killing” — into Google, in fact, you will be quickly provided with hundreds of media accounts of the trial. In headlines, and in straight-up news coverage, the murders are repeatedly referred to as “honour killings.”

The craggy railbirds of the Canadian media, Christie Blatchford and Rosie Dimanno, have been there to chronicle all of it in forensic detail, regurgitating the prosecutors’ “honour killing” axiom over and over. And one old Islamophobe, Robert Fulford, actually wrote in the National Post that “One lesson we can learn from Kingston is that mindless tolerance, when carried too far, can be fatal.”

“Mindless tolerance.” What’s mindless, in fact, is the likes of Fulford, who have dishonestly suggested that “honour killings” are permitted, or even encouraged, in Islam.

Problem: It’s a lie. If you were to comb through the Koran, in fact, you would not find a single passage that advocates “honour killing.” It isn’t there. Plenty of prohibitions against murder, however, are.

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Said he wouldn’t raise taxes or cut services.

Is raising taxes and cutting services.

He’s a liar.

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It’ll help with fundraising (I hope) and membership (I expect), and it’ll generally boost morale.

Could it be an outlier?  For sure.  But good news is good news, and you take it when you get it.

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