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Posted by Joan Russow
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Saturday, 08 August 2015 08:55 |
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File No.:
ONTARIO
SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE
B E T W E E N:
JOAN RUSSOW AND THE GREEN PARTY OF CANADA
Applicants
- and -
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA,
THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER OF CANADA and
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA
NOTE: The name of the Green Party was removed because the federal Liberal Government argued that a political party could not be part of a Charter challenge
Respondents
FACTUM
Part I Statement of Facts
(1) The Nature of the Case
1. This is an application by Joan Russow, in her personal capacity as a voter, and as
the leader of and a candidate for the Green Party of Canada in the federal election that took place
on November 27, 2000, for a declaration that the Canada Elections Act, S.C. 2000 c. 9 and in
particular the system established in ss 2(1), 24(1) and 313, according to which votes are counted
towards the selection of Members of Parliament is unconstitutional, and therefore of no force and
effect, owing to its violation of ss 3 and 15(1) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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Posted by Joan Russow
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Friday, 07 August 2015 17:08 |
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by Joan Russow Global Compliance Research Project
reprint from October 26 2013
Prorogation- a forgotten prelude to the evading of investigation and to the avoiding of a vote of non-confidence. It should be pointed out also that Harper used the Governor General to dissolve Parliament, in 2008, to avoid the investigation, by the Parliamentary Ethics and Access to Information Committee, into the in-and-out Conservative funding scheme in the 2006 election. Background from 2008 and the dissolution of the Ethics Committee because the Governor General dissolved Parliament and granted Harper an election Harper’s rationale for calling the election was that Parliament was dysfunctional
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Thursday, 06 August 2015 19:14 |
The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada is a union representing scientists. they have recently chosen to speak out against Prime Minister Stephen Harper. This is a unique situation since the union, 55 000 professionals in the public service sector, usually stays neutral during elections.
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Monday, 03 August 2015 14:29 |
http://www.cpj.ca/content/prorogation-diminishing-canada%E2%80%99s-democracy
By Rebekah Sears on January 11th, 2010
In the past year many more Canadians have become familiar with the term prorogation. Parliament was due to resume on January 25, but for the second time in just over a year the government decided to prorogue, killing all bills currently before Parliament, and more importantly shutting down the venue for democratic debate for two months.
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Posted by Joan Russow
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Sunday, 02 August 2015 08:44 |
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By joan Russow
Global compliance Research project
Harper misrepresented the source of funding for the election. He undoubtedly knows that there is a 50% rebate from the public purse for National party expenses, and a 60% rebate for each individual canadate who receive over 10% of the vote.
Will Canada now become known as the Second best “Democracy” that money can buy? ( A paraphrase Greg Palast's comment on the US system)
The purpose of having fixed election dates was to remove the unfairness inherent in the
provision, given to the Prime Minister, to select the election date
which used to always benefit the incumbent governing party. The ability to
change the election campaign period would also benefit, the incumbent party.
And for that reason this change would compromise the fairness of an
election.
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Saturday, 01 August 2015 10:22 |
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The Doctrine of legitimate Expectations has the following components
• Not breaking and undertaking as one pleases
• Compatibility with public duty
• Public interest may be better served by honouring their undertaking than by breaking it
• Fulfilling the expectation must assist in performing rather than inhibit the performance of its statutory duty
The purpose of having fixed election dates was to remove the unfairness inherent in the provision, given to the Prime Minister, to select the election date which used to always benefit the incumbent governing party. The ability to change the election campaign period would also benefit, the incumbent party. And for that reason this change would compromise the fairness of an election. Citizens have a legitimate expectation that the principle of fairness of fixed election dates would not be undermined by a change inthe fixed election Campaign period which would benefit the incumbent Party.
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Saturday, 01 August 2015 10:15 |
Saturday August 01, 2015
Former Elections Canada head Jean-Pierre Kingsley said an earlier election call 'distorts' the electoral syste
"Canadians have said, $25 million is enough for you to run a campaign. Now we're going to be facing the possibility that it's going to be more than $50 million just to pump more ads our way."
Kingsley said it's no coincidence that only one party can afford to spend $50 million on a campaign.
"If (the Conservatives) are doubling it to fifty, it's because they can get to fifty," he said.
"Parties plan how much will be required to spend. The Conservatives are way ahead of the other two, so by doubling the amount, all of a sudden you've thrown a monkey wrench into all of that financial planning that's been going on."
"And that's what distorts the game for Canadians," Kingsley added. "That is what is happening to us. We're the electors here, and we're the ones who are going to be faced with the consequences of this thing."
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Friday, 24 July 2015 09:22 |
Nathan Cullen suggests calling Finance Minister Joe Oliver to appear before House finance committee
By Laura Payton, CBC News Posted: Jul 24, 2015 12:20 PM ET Last Updated: Jul 24, 2015 12:44 PM ET
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Posted by Joan Russow
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Saturday, 11 July 2015 06:27 |
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Draft Content Analysis of the Dutch Decision applied to Canada
By Joan Russow
Global Compliance Research Project
1,AFFIRMED THE OBJECTIVE OF THE UNFCCC IPCC’
The Harper government has appeared to ignore the legally binding objective in Article 2 of the UNFCCC
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to achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.
2 SUPPORTED THE NORM % BELOW 1990 BY 2020
The Harper government does not accept the norm. The Harper government is only willing to make a non-binding commitment 30% below 2005 by 2030
3 ACKNOWLEDGED GAP PERCEIVED BY UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
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Friday, 10 July 2015 11:43 |
Companies like Nestlé will pay $2.25 to bottle a million litres of water starting in 2016
By On the Coast, CBC News Posted: Jul 10, 2015 5:00 AM PT Last Updated: Jul 10, 2015 9:03 AM PT
Starting in 2016, Nestle will have to pay $2.25 per million litres to extract water in B.C. (CBC)
Criticism against Nestlé is picking up momentum once again as drought plagues B.C., wildfires rage in parts of the south coast, and residents are facing water restrictions.
Nestlé Waters Canada bottles roughly 265 million litres of water from B.C. every year.
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