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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Elections Canada's new Robocon hires

"Elections Canada hires 14 new 'frontline' staff to examine more than 31,000 complaints on voter suppression issue."

Ramping up staff, part of that flexing of whatever is needed:
"The Commissioner of Canada Elections has the authority, during periods of high volume, to contract additional resources or call upon other law enforcement agencies, such as the RCMP, to lend assistance and expertise," Enright said.
Who knew the Conservatives would be creating jobs in the election fraud examination field...
Posted by Nancy Leblanc at 3/13/2012 07:43:00 AM
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