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Elections Canada's argument that Ontario justice's interpretation of Elections Act too rigourous 'frightening,' says CCLA
'That’s a little bit of a scary position to hear Elections Canada taking,' says Nathalie Des Rosiers, general counsel for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.
The prospect of allowing contested ballots to stand without records showing those who cast them were qualified to vote is a “scary” argument to hear from the federal agency in charge of the integrity of Canadian federal elections, says a national civil liberties advocacy group backing former Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj in a Supreme Court of Canada battle over voting irregularities in his razor-thin loss to a Conservative last year.
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Elections Canada's argument that Ontario justice's interpretation of Elections Act too rigourous 'frightening,' says CCLA
'That’s a little bit of a scary position to hear Elections Canada taking,' says Nathalie Des Rosiers, general counsel for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.
The prospect of allowing contested ballots to stand without records showing those who cast them were qualified to vote is a “scary” argument to hear from the federal agency in charge of the integrity of Canadian federal elections, says a national civil liberties advocacy group backing former Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj in a Supreme Court of Canada battle over voting irregularities in his razor-thin loss to a Conservative last year.
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