Michael Sona and the Robocall Scandal

I'm sure you remember Michael Sona, the young Con operative who was the only person ever convicted in the Robocall Scandal.

Well now he's out of jail, talking to Michael Harris.

Still proclaiming his innocence.

The Robocall Scandal and the Monstrous Con Conspiracy

If you remember that the judge who sentenced Michael Sona to nine months in jail, for his role in the robocall scandal, said he didn't believe the former Con operative had acted alone.

And that during the trial, the Crown's star witness Andrew Prescott suggested that Sona's former boss was involved. 

And you remember that another judge, in another robocall case that went nowhere, also suggested it was a conspiracy.

You might think that Elections Canada would keep trying to crack the case. 

But if you did you'd be wrong.

Michael Sona, Stephen Harper, and the Robocall Conspiracy

It was an attempt to steal an election, and today one of Stephen Harper's Cons was sent to jail for that crime against democracy. 

Former Conservative staffer Michael Sona has been sentenced to nine months in jail plus a year on probation for trying to keep some voters in Guelph, Ont., from casting ballots in the 2011 federal election.

But it wasn't much of a sentence, and the burning question remains: 

What about the others?



For there were others, and it was a conspiracy.

The Robocall Verdict and the Real Pierre Poutine

More than three years after the robocall scandal erupted, the verdict is finally in. Michael Sona is officially at least Pierre Poutine 

Former Conservative party staffer Michael Sona has been found guilty of trying to prevent voters from reaching the polls during the 2011 federal election. Mr. Sona, 25, was the only person charged in the so-called robocalls scandal and now faces a maximum penalty of $5,000, five years in prison or both. He will be sentenced at a later date.

But as we knew it would, the verdict raises more questions than it answers.

The Fair Elections Act and the Robocall Conspiracy

As I've mentioned before, one of the reasons Stephen Harper's Cons are rushing their Unfair Elections Act through Parliament, is that they want it to become law before Michael Sona's robocall trial begins in June.

And with good reason. Because the bill would make it harder to go after those who would try to steal an election.

And that robocall scandal just got a whole lot more interesting.

Robocalls: Is This the Breakthrough We've Been Waiting For?

Well I must admit that I thought he would be the last Con operative to be granted immunity in the robocall scandal.

But the law, like the Lord, works in mysterious ways eh?

And Andrew Prescott seems to be the big winner. 

The Robocall Scandal: Is the Con Story Falling Apart?

He is the only one charged in the Robo Con scandal. 

Michael Sona, the former Con staffer who claims he is being set-up to conceal a much larger conspiracy.

A couple of days ago we finally found out the names of six Conservative Party workers, who the PMO has brought forward to claim that Sona told them he did it.

A publication ban has been lifted on the names of six witnesses who allegedly said then Conservative Party staffer Michael Sona bragged to them about arranging a misleading robocall in Canada's 2011 federal election.

Today we found out that at the time some of those witnesses claim that Sona was bragging about his exploits, he was apparently sunning himself on a beach in the Caribbean. 

Michael Sona and the RoboCon Scandal

Well, it's been a long time coming.

And I have to admit I had almost given up hope that anybody would ever be charged in connection with the RoboCon Scandal.

But finally somebody has picked up the ringing phone and answered my prayers. 

After 21 months of investigation, Elections Canada has charged a former Conservative campaign staffer over misleading robocalls in Guelph, Ont. in the 2011 election.

And now I can't help but think that this is just The Beginning....of the end of Stephen Harper.