The demonstration, one of several to be held across the country, gets underway in Halifax at 1 p.m., with several speakers including Halifax NDP MP Megan Leslie. Other rallies will be held in at least 28 other cities, including St. John’s, Toronto, Calgary and Victoria.
"Elections Canada is investigating, RCMP are investigating, political opposition parties are pressuring. . . . Lots of people are paying attention," Project Democracy spokesman Christopher Majka, one of the rally speakers, said Saturday.
"Our interests are to keep up the pressure and let the various authorities know that lots of Canadians are concerned about this and we want to see action."
The robocall scandal broke after Elections Canada began investigating an incident in Guelph, Ont., where during the May federal election voters were phoned and told to go to polls that didn’t exist.
Since then, Canadians in dozens of ridings have reported receiving a similar call, being telephoned at inconvenient hours or harassed by people supposedly calling on behalf of political parties.
Elections Canada is now investigating more than 31,000 reported robocalls, an unprecedented number of complaints, said Majka.
An online petition (bit.ly/ArUqLf) has so far gathered more than 42,000 messages calling for an inquiry.
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Source: the chronicle herald
Author: KELLY SHIERS
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