{"id":10987,"date":"2019-10-12T02:05:43","date_gmt":"2019-10-12T02:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=10987"},"modified":"2019-10-12T04:01:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T04:01:10","slug":"theres-gotta-be-a-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=10987","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s gotta be a Mistake!"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"page-header-wrapper grid-wrapper-f\">\n<div class=\"page-header page-header--article page-header--article-type-image\">\n<div class=\"page-header__inner article__meta-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"page-header__content\">\n<div class=\"article__meta\">\n<h1 id=\"article-title\" class=\"article__title node__title\">Ethics watchdog pushes for &#8216;collusion&#8217; probe of Conservatives, oil lobby<span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10994 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Court-painter-colluders-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Court-painter-colluders-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Court-painter-colluders-1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Court-painter-colluders-1-768x543.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content page-content-article grid-wrapper-mx\">\n<div class=\"page-content-main\">\n<div class=\"panel-pane pane-pane-messages\">\n<div class=\"pane-content\">\n<div class=\"messages-wrapper\">\u00a0The Conservative Party and Canada&#8217;s largest oil and gas lobby group stand accused of possibly &#8220;colluding&#8221; in violation of the country&#8217;s elections law, according to a complaint made to a federal commissioner.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel-pane pane-node-content article__body js-pw\">\n<article id=\"node-17061\" class=\"node node-article clearfix\" role=\"article\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p>Ethics watchdog Democracy Watch said Thursday it was calling on Commissioner of Canada Elections Yves C\u00f4t\u00e9 to investigate whether the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) and the Tories broke the Canada Elections Act.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10997\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/A-scheer-1-300x286.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"787\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/A-scheer-1-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/A-scheer-1-768x732.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/A-scheer-1.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><em>Court Painter rendering of Andrew Scheer at dusk<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The complaint centres on the fact the lobby group and the Conservatives have both done business with an advertising firm co-founded by Hamish Marshall, who is Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer\u2019s campaign manager.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10998\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/hamish-marshall-1-278x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/hamish-marshall-1-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/hamish-marshall-1-768x828.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/hamish-marshall-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Court Painter rendering of Hamish Marshall at dawn<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-inline-cta js-newsletter-inline-cta newsletter-inline-cta--non-mobile paywall-showonloggedout\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-inline-cta-inner\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-inline-cta__link-wrapper\"><em>story source: National Observer<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethics watchdog pushes for &#8216;collusion&#8217; probe of Conservatives, oil lobby\u00a0 \u00a0The Conservative Party and Canada&#8217;s largest oil and gas lobby group stand accused of possibly &#8220;colluding&#8221; in violation of the country&#8217;s elections law, according to a complaint made to a federal commissioner. 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