Elections Canada says the parliamentary legislation governing how people can cast a vote does not require people to show their faces.Mrs Neo is gonna want a piece of this... I sure hope they haven't run out of Maggie Thatcher.
Chief electoral officer Marc Mayrand said Monday that the law does allow for veiled voters to decide whether or not to reveal their face.
Make sure you read all the comments for this particular G&M article. The lunatic left is citing this pronouncement by Marc Mayrand, as proof that the Prime Minister is incompetent and should be removed from office.
You can hear the politically correct howls from miles outside the Toronto city limits.
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WELCOME, YET AGAIN, READERS OF CANADIAN CYNIC
If I ever have any doubts about which side of an issue I should fall on, I can look to the Cynic... and go 180 degrees the other way.
To absolutely no one's surprise, our "progressive pal" has decided to throw his head back and side with the howling 4 percent.
You don't need a weatherman, to know which way CC's blowin'.
Make sure to scroll down to * PATHETIC POSTSCRIPT REDUX * for CC's latest "Fantastic Voyage."
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SIDENOTE: In other Reagan-related news...
-- LOS ANGELES -- Jane Wyman, an Academy Award winner and former U.S. President Ronald Reagan's first wife who was known internationally for her role in television's long-running "Falcon Crest" series, has died at her desert home.**********
UPDATE: Action on Veiled Voting by Friday
Canada's chief electoral officer will be asked to reverse his decision to allow veiled people to vote, or explain himself to a parliamentary committee.
If Elections Canada's chief electoral officer Marc Mayrand does not backtrack, the Commons Committee on Procedure and House Affairs unanimously voted to conduct a study into the decision to allow veiled individuals to vote, to be completed by this Friday, Sept. 14.
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