Elections Canada appeals ruling on in-and-out Tory ad spending

[CHIMO]

Elections Canada is appealing a court ruling that rejected its claim of illegal spending by the Conservative Party during the 2006 federal election campaign.

Mr. Justice Luc Martineau of the Federal Court last month dismissed the watchdog's allegation that 67 Tory candidates wrongly claimed advertising costs that should have been reported as national campaign expenses.

The ruling allowed the Tories to dodge the prospect of having exceeded their national campaign spending limit by more than $1-million.

The party – which believes it has been unfairly targeted by Elections Canada in a case that at one point saw the Mounties raid Tory headquarters – declared the ruling “a total vindication.”

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/elections-canada-appeals-ruling-on-in-and-out-tory-ad-spending/article1480203/

[HeresyLives]

1. LOL Harp isn't the only one that can appeal.

And this will simply keep it in the news