The following letter was sent to member of Parliament John Weston and copied to Coast Reporter.
The serious nature of the robo-call affair is not to be trivialized. I hope you will urge Prime Minister Harper to take this issue more seriously and do everything in his power to get to the bottom of it.
Our democratic right to vote cannot tolerate any tinkering by any party or individual. RackNine is a company whose services were paid for by the Conservative party. As Elections Canada has found that RackNine has been allegedly linked to the robo-calls made to Guelph Liberal supporters, the Conservative party should take responsibility and not leave it to the opposition to "prove it."
Mr. Harper's cavalier attitude in the House of Commons is at best unseemly for the most senior official of our country.
The use of disruptive and misleading techniques to confuse voters (whatever the source) cannot be tolerated, and to trivialize it is an affront to Canadians.
As my representative in the Sunshine Coast - West Vancouver - Sea to Sky Country riding, please take my concerns to Ottawa, and do everything in your power to show respect for our democracy.
Bette Chadwick
Sechelt
