Elections Canada to charge Michael Moore...direct violation of Canada
electoral law
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Elections Canada to charge Moore
by Justin Boudreau, Managing Editor, Canadafreepress.com
Elections Canada will lay charges against shockumentary filmmaker
Michael Moore.
Officially, Elections Canada will neither confirm nor deny plans to lay
formal charges against Moore. However, Canadafreepress.com has learned
through sources that charges are imminent and expected by the end of
next week.
The anti-Bush Moore, who often lets his mouth get ahead of him, may
think he got away with the boner of the Canadian release of Fahrenheit
9/11 just days ahead of the June 28 federal election, but there is the
little matter of election law infringement.
Moore's pre-election advice lecturing Canadian voters not to vote
Conservative quickly enraged a number of Conservative Party supporters
who launched the website: www.chargeMoore.com in an effort to encourage
Elections Canada to uphold its own law.
Moore's tactics encompass what legal beagles believe is a direct
violation of Canada electoral law. Under the "Non-Interference by
Foreigners" clause (Part 11, Division 9, section 331) of the Canadian
Elections Act:
No person who does not reside in Canada shall, during an election
period, in any way induce electors to vote or refrain from voting for a
particular candidate unless the person is
1.. a Canadian citizen; or
2.. a permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2 (1) of
the
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
As far as the letter of the law is concerned "I love Canada," as Moore
has stated, does not count.
Penalties under the Canada Elections Act for such violations are a
$2,000 fine--or a jail term of six months less a day. Kasra Nejatian,
spokesperson for chargeMoore.com and his lawyers aren't interested in
the fines. "They (the fines) can be higher, but we aren't interested in
that. What we want is the jail time," Nejatian told
Canadafreepress.com.
Once charges are laid, the small force behind chargeMoore.com is
confident that they will be successful. "It (the Act) is fairly clear
here. He has no wiggle room."
Nejatian, however is being realistic. While he doesn't expect Pooh-Bah
Moore to spend a single night in the slammer, he is anticipating that
such a charge would all but bar the Michigan-native film maker from
ever entering Canada again, a point he sees as a bonus as bright as any
star.
Encouraged by the amount of public support his online petition has
found, Nejatian says he's hoping that even more Canadians will log on
at www.chargeMoore .com to sign up.
"There's no excuse for a foreign socialist millionaire to show up in
our country and try to spread his propaganda," he said.
Justin Boudreau is the Managing Editor of Canada Free Press. He can be
reached at cfp@canadafreepress.com.
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