Friday, June 6, 2014
ROBOCALLS & MICHAEL SONA
Today's Waterloo Region Record is carrying another story on the trial of Michael Sona. He is accused of making misleading and deceptive phone calls for the purpose of intentionally preventing voters from being able to cast their ballots. To date there have been four witnesses testify that he had bragged after the fact about his participation in a robocalls scheme which sent known Liberal voters in Guelph, Ontario to the wrong voting location. His lawyer has suggested that his client will not be introducing witnesses on his own behalf. While the decision has not yet been made it is difficult at this point to believe that he will be acquitted. I guess for myself there are still a couple of questions namely what was a then 22 year old doing being in charge of and responsible for so much of the goings on in a federal election campaign. Also I'd like to really know if he had help in his scheme which would seem likely again considering his tender age. Finally this is all about robocalls and misdirecting voters in Guelph. Have any other individuals or groups been charged anywhere else in regards to the last federal election and misdirecting voters?
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Mr. Prescott, who was testifying under an immunity deal with the Crown, said that he had seen a cellphone on Mr. Sona’s desk, and that on election day, after the calls went out, Mr. Sona, shaking and euphoric, had said “it’s working.”
ReplyDeletePrescott also testified that, at an end-of-campaign party, Sona mentioned the name “Pierre,” the meaning of which was then unknown to Prescott. “Michael had a cigar in his hand at the time and said something along the lines of, ‘Thanks to Pierre,’ and laughed,” he testified.
What we do know is that Pierre Poilievre was dating Jenni Byrne at the time and she had top level access to CIMS. We also know Poilievre was a partner in a call centre operation connected to the Conservative party.