Although we haven’t seen any numbers there’s little doubt that Michael Moore’s interference in the Canadian election campaign a few weeks ago helped sway voters away from Harper and his conservatives, I reported on one particular case earlier. The irritation over a left-wing American lecturing the Canadians over the potential negative outcome of a conservative victory has prompted one student in Ontario to dig into Canada’s election laws and find that:

it is an offence for "[Any] person who does not reside in Canada [to], during an election period, in any way induce electors to vote or refrain from voting for a particular candidate unless the person is (a) a Canadian citizen; or (b) a permanent resident."

Good for him and he has launched a website to support the effort to charge Moore, the penalty being 6 months in jail or a $2,000 fine. While it’s not likely that Moore would wind up in a Canadian jail, which would be the ultimate irony in this case, it’s important to note that someone at least bothers to take on Moore and is able to actually use some legislation to make that a worthwhile endeavor. However I hope it doesn’t encourage Democrats south of the border to find ways to charge Canadian conservatives meddling in US elections. If that were to happen we would loose some valuable contributions like this one …

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