Reward: the liberals want to “tip the scales”, according to the conservatives

The Canada Conservative Party suggests that the Liberals want to “tip the scales” in the constituencies subject to an electoral recount.

The party made these allegations in an email of fundraising sent to its subscribers last Wednesday after the federal elections of April 28.

The Liberals work to overthrow just enough seats in order to get closer to a majority. We cannot let this happenwe read in the email in English.

If we do not act quickly, we risk losing the earnings we have made on the night of the elections.

The Liberals are fighting hard to tip the scalesconcludes the email.

During the federal election of April 28, the results in a few districts were so tight that automatic recounts were triggered. According to Canada’s electoral law, these recupers must occur when the difference between candidates in mind is equal to or less than 0.1 % of the total of the votes expressed.

However, this type of allegation evokes the accusations of the camp Trump in the 2020 American elections which led to the movement Stop the Steal And to attack the Capitol on January 6, 2021, which deeply worries certain observers.

Important tight races

So far, two seats have changed hands during the results validation period, which is different from a recount. In both cases, a recount must technically take place.

In the district of Terrebonne, north of Montreal, the preliminary results indicated a liberal victory. During validation, the candidate of the Quebec Bloc took the lead by 44 votes.

In Ontario, in the constituency of Milton East-Halton Hills-Sud, the unofficial results showed a conservative victory. After verifying the figures, Elections Canada reported that the liberal candidate had won.

A judicial recount is also provided in the district of Terra Nova-Peninsulas in Newfoundland and Labrador, where only 12 votes separate the Liberal candidate Anthony Germain from the Conservative Jonathan Rowe.

According to Canada’s election rules, an automatic recount is triggered when the difference between candidates who arrived at the head is equal to or less than 0.1 % of the total of the votes expressed.

In addition, the liberal candidate defeats in Windsor–Tecumseh–LakeshoreIrek Kusmierczyk, asked for a judicial recount after losing by 77 votes against the curator Kathy Borrelli.

We firmly believe that we owe to residents to do our best to make sure that each vote expressed was valid and that each valid vote is countedsaid Kusmierczyk before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to Windsor.

These recounts have important implications for the new government since the Liberals currently hold 169 seats, only three seats by a majority.

Concerned experts

According to Chris Tenovedeputy director of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, Some of the remarks suggest that the liberals try to tip the scales are worrying.

In general, this kind of statement suggesting that there is an emergency to which people must respond immediately to finance political parties is disturbinghe added.

M. Lunge And other researchers from the University of British Columbia have watched the conversation on the web during the electoral campaign.

[On y suggère que] Our elections would be unfair or fakehe said in an interview with CBC.

M. Lunge Affirms that the conversation evokes that of the 2020 American presidential election. We are not at the same level, in Canada, but it’s very worryinghe said.

According to him, political parties are increasingly trying to evoke the division to stir up fundraising. It’s really “we against them”. […] It is a fundraising technique that is certainly effective in the short term for these parties.

But I think that in general, it leads to real long -term costs. [Ces tactiques] only exploit and exacerbate political polarization so that the parties can earn money.

The results of a survey worry

The results of a recently published light survey suggest that the majority of Canadians trust the results of the election. However, 13 % of Canadians do not no way confidence in electoral results.

I wouldn’t say that I am in Angelssaid Andrew EnnsExecutive Vice-President of Léger for Center de Canada, about this result. It’s a bit disconcerting.

Voters of the Liberal Party were most likely to trust the results. Conversely, 25 % of voters from the Conservative Party of Canada said they are in no way trusting the electoral results.

This partisan gap is problematic in my opinionsaid Mr. Enns. I am sure that from a fundraising point of view, [le Parti conservateur] sees it as an opportunity.

M. Enns qualified the language used in the email of the Conservative Party of disappointing and slippery slope. However, he said he was satisfied to see the conservative chief Pierre Hairy conceded victory to the Prime Minister Mark Carney the same evening of the elections.

The LEGER survey questioned more than 1,500 Canadian adults from April 29 to May 1. The survey was carried out online, which means that it cannot be awarded a margin of error.

Errors, it is possible

A spokesperson for the Liberal Party said the conservatives are trying to sow doubt about the electoral process for a rapid opportunity to collect funds.

As always, it is important that each vote is counted, and the liberal campaign has full confidence in the paths provided for by the electoral law of Canada for tight resultssaid Jennsabeh.

The Conservative Party did not answer questions from CBC in order to find out more about what liberals do for swing.

Electoring spokesperson Canada Matthew McKenna, For its part, recalled that – depending on the law – only some people may be present in the room during a recount, in addition to the judge. They are the director of the ballot, candidates, recount teams and legal advisers of each candidate, as well as the legal advisers of the Director General of the Elections.

However, even during the Canadian elections – which take place with paper ballots – errors can occur.

On Wednesday, Elections Canada reported that more than 800 voting bulletins deposited by voters in 74 districts were made by mistake at the office of a ballot director in British Columbia.

The federal agency said that, according to an initial analysis, the results in these districts have not been assigned.

According to Elections Canada, this analysis has shown that the problem was caused by a human error et a breach of written procedures.

The director general of the elections, Stéphane Perrault, said he asked for a complete examination of the situation.

According to information from Catharine Tunney, CBC.