Yeah, one of the things I like about our system is the fact that Elections Canada is an independent body. This goes through and our system becomes more like the states where the ruling party controls the parameters of the election to a certain extent.
This bill is anti-democratic and doing things like this should be against the law. Changes regarding elections should need to have some support across the board. Not sure how you would enforce that, maybe need a higher than 50% vote on it to pass, ensuring that opposing parties votes could defeat it.
It's really what Harper and the Conservatives have become though. Lie and cheat, anything to win.
However, before I say it's completely a Conservative attitude, didn't Trudeau as well complain about voter fraud? He was on CBC for something like that last week. Anyone else hear about that. maybe have better information to share.
As far as actual voter fraud goes, it's a non issue, and it's insane that people think this is something that needs to be fixed.
Even just going by common sense, who would really want to go to the polls more than once anyway? Most people see it as a chore, and if they do vote, it's often grudgingly. It is beyond crazy to think that in a democracy where people are often too lazy to vote, that some people would be wasting hours even days to get in another vote or two for their candidate.
Last edited by Daradon; 03-31-2014 at 01:21 AM.
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