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- Elections BC Publishes 2021 Per-Vote Subsidies for Political Parties
Elections BC has announced that in 2021 five British Columbia political parties will receive an annual allowance in the following amounts: BC NDP: $1,573,929.00BC Liberal Party: $1,114,328.25BC Green Party: $497,570.50BC Conservative Party: $62,828.50Rural BC Party: $1,319.50 For details about the a … Read more »
- Canada Elections Act Charges Laid Against Mario Martel and André Côté
The federal elections commissioner has announced the laying of charges against two individuals in relation to illegal contributions made by an engineering firm to federal political entities between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2011. Mario Martel was the President and chief executive officer of t … Read more »
- Report and Reasons Issued for Judicial Recount from 2020 BC Provincial Election
The Report and Reasons for the Judicial Recount in the West Vancouver-Sea to Sky Electoral District in the 2020 BC Provincial Election has been posted to the BC Courts website: https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/20/19/2020BCSC1957.htm. I was honoured to be retained as the lawyer for one of the parti … Read more »
- Former Leader of Deregistered Party Charged under Federal Elections Act and Criminal Code
The Commissioner of Canada Elections issued a news release today announcing the filing of charges against two individuals under the Elections Act (Canada) and the Criminal Code. David Berlin and Daniel Berlin have each been charged with of fraud of more than $5,000 under the Criminal Code by providi … Read more »
- Ineligible Voter Faces 2 Charges for Voting in 2015 Federal Election
The Commissioner of Canada Elections announced the filing of two charges against Mr. Anderanik Pakbegi. Mr. Pakbegi has been charged with with applying to register to vote in the 2015 federal election, knowing that he was not qualified as an elector, which is an offence under section 161(5.1)(c) of … Read more »