On the heels of a Canadian election that both started and ended with a minority Liberal government, the term ‘democracy inaction’ takes on a new meaning.
Unfortunately, also on the heels of the Canadian election, evidence is beginning to surface that Canada’s electoral system is corrupt and that the 2025 election was rigged in numerous and subtle ways.
In a riding he held for many years, Pierre Poilievre, despite leading his Conservative Party to its best performance in decades, nevertheless lost his own seat in the riding of Carleton. And while criticizing Poilievre on campaign strategies and policies that may have hurt him is fair comment, holding him responsible for the loss of his own seat is not.
For example, Poilievre’s 2025 ballot contained 91 ‘candidates’ names and in the upcoming Alberta byelection in which he expects to regain a seat in parliament, a lobby group calling itself the ‘Longest Ballot Committee’ plans to add over 200 names to the byelection ballot. While this presents more of an inconvenience to voters than to Poilievre, the mere fact that Elections Canada permits such open and obvious manipulation of the ballot speaks to a deep systemic corruption within Canada’s entire electoral system.
Worse, the riding of Carleton, which Poilievre held for many years, was a different riding during previous elections. However, shortly before the 2025 election, Poilievre’s riding was gerrymandered to include a huge additional political jurisdiction consisting of a solid majority of Liberal voters. Continue reading »