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RSS FeedsComplaints of foreign influence on third-party advertising in 2015 federal campaign soar
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24 may 2017 13:22:39

 
Complaints of foreign influence on third-party advertising in 2015 federal campaign soar
(The Star Food)
 


OTTAWA—Canada’s top elections investigation office has received 105 complaints about the influential role played by third parties in the 2015 federal election campaign.That’s a much higher number than the 12 complaints filed about the previous 2011 campaign, and higher than the 35 complaints initially reported to parliament after the last election. It comes as the federal Liberal government vows to modernize election financing rules governing third-parties, and has instructed Canada’s electronic spy agency, the CSE, to review how vulnerable Canada’s election system is to foreign influence.The exact nature of the complaints — whether they relate to undue influence by foreigners or unreported spending by third parties in the six-month window before, or during, a campaign — is unclear. The office of Yves Côté, Commissioner of Canada Elections, refused to discuss the complaints received, or whether or not it has opened investigations into them. Michelle Laliberté, a spokesperson for the chief investigator, said longstanding policy prevents Côté from commenting on complaints received, and he is required by law not to discuss ongoing investigations. However, news of the soaring number came on a day when two Conservative party members publicized their own formal complaints about improper foreign influence by the left-leaning U.S.-based environmental pressure group, Tides Foundation, in the last campaign.Alberta MP Michael Cooper, the Conservative deputy justice critic, wrote to Côté’s office to ask him to begin an investigation into almost $700,000 in contributions from Tides to eight Canadian registered third-parties in 2015.Cooper listed the Council of Canadians, Dogwood Initiative, Ecology Ottawa, Equieterre, Greenpeace Canada, Toronto350, West Coast Environmental Law Association, West Coast Environmental Law Research Foundation — as groups he said received money from t ...


 
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