Thread by @sunnshiiny

There is a concerted effort to promote fake news to undermine confidence in Canada’s federal election.

Third attempt I’ve seen in the past 2 weeks.

The other two involved a claim that Russians assisted Trudeau to win in 2015, and CPC may challenge a Liberal win in court.

https://twitter.com/lindafrum/status/1142759500560195584

Canadian Conservatives are attempting to undermine voter confidence in Elections Canada & prep the electorate for a change in election security laws. More gerrymandering, voter suppression & voter disenfranchisement.

💥💥💥Please note:

This is EXACT same strategy used by Trump in 2016.

Trump stated he didn’t have confidence in vote count & election outcome prior to election.

Then he, and many of his minions made unbelievable accusations of massive voter fraud after the election.

Trump alluded to voter fraud, prior to the election, to undermine the ability of Democrats to make the same accusation without looking petty & politically motivated when he did win. And to enrage his voter base, by claiming the election was rigged.

washingtonpost.com/news/post-poli…

He also did this to distract from the widespread hacking of several state voter registries by Russian operatives during the Election cycle, & the theft of 500K voters personal and voter information.

justice.gov/file/1080281/d…

Investigations have subsequently revealed Russian social media interference, coordinated psychological micro targeting in key states, & a campaign manager (Manafort) providing Russia with Trump election strategy.

After the election, Trump made false & unbelievable accusations that states favouring Democrats allowed millions of fraudulent votes to be cast. He even set up a commission to investigate and recommend action to suppress & disenfranchise more voters.

CPC has a prolific history of voter suppression, disenfranchisement & cheating.

And then there’s this:

https://twitter.com/visionsurreal/status/1135692725662171136?s=21

Video proof the CPC are planning to use the same strategy in Canada.

@rcmpgrcpolice @ElectionsCan_E @JustinTrudeau
@visionsurreal @VickerySec

Heads up people!

CPC is up to their old election tricks, cheats and fraud.

Volunteer as a election monitor.

Even if CPC doesn’t win, the civic unrest they are fomenting with this behaviour will further destabilize this nation’s unity & could lead to violent protests.

Watch the attached videos. Made March 2017. More than two tears ago.

It’s called a conspiracy.

*years

https://twitter.com/petedako/status/1143170872360017920?s=21

https://twitter.com/sunnshiiny/status/1143179520884613120?s=21

It’s not just Frum. This is an attempt to pollute social media with lies & disinformation immediately before the pre-writ period.

Come July 1, 2019, this tweet is a crime, under the new Elections Modernization Act.

Prior to the pre-writ period it is not a crime, unfortunately.

By having CPC Senators flood social media a week before the pre-writ period commences, this allows for CPC to control the narrative on Con social media, but not “technically” break the new law.

However, it’s still a crime come July 1, 2019.

Which means, that any propagation of this disinformation can be reported to the Canadian Elections Commissioner after June 30, 2019.

Guaranteed this disinformation will be picked up by foreign & domestic actors looking to influence the electorate.

Since foreign interference is limited to monetary investment, any foreign state can propagate lies and disinformation already in existence prior to the pre-writ and writ period come July 1, 2019 without “technically” committing a crime.

So which foreign state will pick this up?

US?
Russia?
China?
Saudi Arabia?
Israel?
India?

How about all of the above.

Coordinated propagation of disinformation by foreign entities to foment division & distrust among the Canadian electorate, skirting current Canadian Law.

Here’s my thoughts...

Coordinated Propagation services by foreign bad actors is a donation in kind. Coordinated propagation would reveal a previously arranged plan (AKA a conspiracy). Certainly grounds to legally challenge the election results, if there is a CPC win, IMHO.

Someone, or a group of people MUST track this blatant attempt to game the system and the new regulations.

@slammingantelo1 @gtlem perhaps you could suggest people with the technical expertise and political investment in Canada to perform this task pro bono?

In the event of a CPC win, this evidence can then be presented to demonstrate a willful and witting attempt by CPC to bypass Canadian election laws and regulations by coordinating foreign interference and providing divisive disinformation prior to the pre-writ period.

I’m sure there is a whole catalog of elected and appointed Conservative’s tweets filled with various disinformation, lies and smears that can be monitored in real time.

And low and behold there are in multiple mediums: youtube.com/channel/UCGBR9…

Come July 1, 2019, each & every propagation can be reported to the Canadian Election Commissioner.

This is a blatant and glaringly obvious attempt by CPC to “game” the election system and create doubt in election systems.

Canadians need to familiarize themselves with the new regulations. That’s how WE can use the SYSTEM to work for Canada & democracy.