A North Bay woman who received “robocalls” prior to the last federal election says Elections Canada needs to further investigate the case following a judge’s verdict that found Michael Sona likely didn’t act alone.
Last Thursday Sona, 25, was found guilty of playing an “active” role in the plan to use automated calls to send Liberal voters to the wrong polling stations in Guelph.
Peggy Walsh Craig feels there is much more that needs to be revealed.
“Micheal Sona was not the lead guitar. The front man or woman has not yet been identified,” she told BayToday.
“Unfortunately the recently passed Elections Act does not allow Elections Canada to compel testimony and so in many respects their hands are tied,” she added.
Walsh Craig got two robo calls prior to the 2011 vote.
“The first one asked me if I was going to be supporting the Conservatives in the election and I indicated no."
Then close to election day the second call said ‘due to higher than anticipated voter turnout that my polling station had changed’.”
Walsh Craig thought it was an odd call because she wondered how they could know before election day that there was going to be higher turnout.
“I thought it was some telemarketing thing, so I didn’t inquire about it until the following March when we started to hear complaints across the country.”
In fact, 247 ridings had similar calls.
The Conservative party has issued statements saying it ran a clean and ethical campaign and had nothing to do with what happened in Guelph.
