After a week away from Parliament Hill, opposition MPs were once again attacking the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Democratic Reform Minister of State Pierre Poilievre on Monday (March 24) over what the opposition calls the government’s “unfair’ elections act.
The proposed legislation is supposed to eliminate fraud, and tighten up controls. But the opposition MPs, including Official Opposition NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair, say the proposed legislation will allow more undocumented election spending, and take the right to vote away from some Canadians.
RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda has a report.
ListenMore information:
C-23 – Fair Elections Act – status of bill – here
Globe and Mail – Scholars denounce Conservatives’ proposed Fair Elections Act – here
National Post/Canadian academics – Don’t undermine Elections Canada – here
Council of Canadians (March 12) – New poll shows majority oppose key sections of the Unfair Elections Act – here
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