When I first read the details of the Fair Elections Act, I was gravely concerned by it and resolved to write and express this to you. The reduced role of Elections Canada in promoting participation in our democracy, and the overly reactionary response to the non-problem of voter fraud take us in the wrong direction as a country. Then the wave of concern from across the country erupted and I felt certain the Act would be retracted or amended.
And yet your Government continues to pursue this course. Ten years ago, Mr. Prime Minister, you would have fought endlessly to prevent such a flawed piece of legislation from being forced on us, and you would have been correct to do so.
Why are you focusing on the phantom of voter fraud and not the serious case of electoral fraud in 2011? That you pursue one over the other appears cynical and partisan, and is an insult to the values you once vigorously defended.
Please pull or amend the Fair Elections Act.
Tal Henderson
Toronto Centre
cc:
Honourable Chrystia Freeland, MP Toronto-Centre
Honourable Thomas Mulclair, Leader of the Opposition
Honourable Justin Trudeau, Liberal Party Leader
Honourable Elizabeth May, Green Party Leader
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