Conservative party acknowledges it was behind Saskatchewan robocall on boundary changes

Fred DeLorey, director of communications for the Conservative Party of Canada, acknowledged Tuesday the party was responsible for a mysterious robocall recently made to Saskatchewan residents about electoral boundary changes.

The Conservative party initially denied any involvement in the robocall. Here’s a statement released Tuesday by DeLorey:

“In regards to the calls last week that went into Saskatchewan concerning redistribution, the calls came from the Conservative Party.

There was an internal miscommunication on the matter, and the calls should have been identified as coming from the Conservative Party.

As I said in the past, we are not polling on this issue, we already know where people stand – 75% of people who attended the public hearings and submitted written submissions opposed these drastic changes to the boundaries.

But we are doing a host of things to communicate with voters and get their feedback.

Not only were these changes opposed by 75% of the public, but an actual member of the commission also opposed these changes, which led to an unprecedented Dissenting Report by the boundary commission.

We agree with the Dissenting Report of Commissioner David Marit on the basis that:

Rural Saskatchewan plays a vital role in supporting the urban population centres and it only makes sense to have MPs that represent both rural and urban areas to reflect that important characteristic of the province.”

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Source: canada.com
Author: Jason Fekete