Dozens of people in Montreal, including the dead, have been improperly signed up as federal Liberal party members.
A Toronto Star investigation has found unsuspecting Quebecers — some surprised to find out they were instant Liberals — were sent membership cards and letters urging them to vote next weekend at all-important meetings to elect delegates to the Liberal convention to choose a new leader. Using membership lists from the Quebec wing of the federal Liberal party, the Star talked to more than 70 families who reported significant problems in their own case, or in that of other family members.
Most often, they hadn't paid the membership fee which party rules stipulate must be paid by the actual member.
Toronto MP Joe Volpe's campaign was named as having paid for the memberships for nine people, according to Star interviews . . . [Read the rest of the story]
Volpe campaign fingered by Star over improper memberships
The Toronto Star — and reporter Linda Diebel, in particular – has done a remarkably thorough job poking around the ins and and outs of the Liberal leadership campaign. Today, the Star publishes the results of some serious gumshoe work that would seem to be a heap of trouble for Joe Volpe's campaign:
Dozens improperly signed up