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The Case against Blair Wilson -- Canada Post

We have all read the news reports about charges facing MP Blair Wilson, elected as a Liberal but now sitting as an independent. Blair Wilson is charged with serious breaches of the Elections Act. In order to help Canadians come to their own conclusions, I'll be posting the original complaint as it was delivered to Elections Canada, in its entirety, in this series of posts.

As far as I know, the original complaint has not be made available anywhere else.

In this post, we will look at the supporting documentation that alleges to show that Blair Wilson spent a significant sum of money, not reported to Elections Canada, on a last minute mass mailing.




The fourth charge against former Liberal MP Blair Wilson under investigation by Elections Canada focuses on a mass mailing effort using Canada Post:

Canada Post: The brochures described in point 3b above were distributed to every home in the electoral district by Canada Post just prior to election day. An email from Elizabeth Wood (her email has been removed in the printed version) shows the original plan to distribute 58,800 brochers. She states that it was done by Canada Post. At Canada Post's bulk unaddressed admail rate of $0.103 a piece (as it was in early 2006) this would have come to $6,056.40 plus applicable taxes. The only payment to Canada Post in Mr Wilson's return is dated December 16, 2005 for $19.93. That this delivery happened in incontrovertible. Tens of thousands of people received it at their doors and Canada Post will have records of its delivery.

You can study the supporting material related to the Canada Post charge against Blair Wilson for yourself.

The Charges Against Blair Wilson:

  1. The Charges (The letter of complaint)
  2. The Cowrie Street Office (The Cowrie Street evidence)
  3. The Marine Drive Office (The Marine Drive evidence)
  4. Printing (The Printing evidence)
  5. Canada Post (The Canada Post evidence)
  6. The Umbrellas (The Umbrellas evidence)
  7. The Coast Reporter (The Coast Reporter evidence)
  8. The Whistler Question (The Whistler Question evidence)
  9. Jamey Kramer (The Jamey Kramer evidence)
  10. Conclusion

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