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   This time on one of their own.  They want him kept out of being able to   
   run in the next election, but the current rules just won't work.   
   So they're going to 'change the rules' to accommodate what they want.   
   This is like everything else this damnable Harper government has done -   
   if the laws don't work for them, then they change the laws so that they do.   
      
   The biggest issue on the books right now is their attempt to change the   
   Elections Act to allow them to manipulate the next election.   
      
   I'm no fan of Rob Anders, but this kind of bullshit is getting Canada   
   closer and closer to becoming a country under a dictatorship.  The   
   Harper Cons HAVE TO be stopped.  And it's time we got busy letting our   
   MPs know we've had enough of Harper and his manipulation of our laws.   
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   Ottawa Citizen - April 17, 2014   
      
   Tories mull rule that would block Anders from seeking new riding   
      
      
   The Conservative party is debating changing the rules to allow the party   
   to block MPs who have lost a nomination race in one riding from running   
   in another, which could prevent Rob Anders from returning to the House   
   of Commons.   
      
   The rule — which has not yet been adopted — could also have the national   
   council decide the fate of other MPs, such as Eve Adams, if they lose   
   nomination battles.   
      
   Anders, a controversial MP, lost a vote in his Calgary Signal Hill   
   riding on Saturday to former provincial cabinet minister Ron Liepert —   
   apparently by a three-to-one margin — which means he will not represent   
   the party in the next election.   
      
   After the vote, Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith said Anders, if he sought   
   to enter Alberta provincial politics, would not be welcome to run for   
   her party.  There has also been speculation, though, that he may now   
   seek the nomination in another Calgary riding.   
      
   Some Conservative sources described the proposed rule change as a move   
   aimed at stopping Anders.  Others said the council just needs to   
   establish a clear process.   
      
   “I don’t think there’s any intention to disqualify anyone but the party   
   has to make sure all the rules are being followed and the nomination is   
   fair and open,” said one insider.   
      
   The 20-member elected council is also expected to play a key role in   
   determining if Adams is able to seek the nomination in the suburban   
   Toronto riding of Oakville North-Burlington. Adams, now the MP for   
   Mississauga-Brampton South, moved to Oakville to seek the nomination in   
   what should be an easier riding for a Tory to win.   
      
   Her fiancé, Dimitri Soudas, had to resign as executive director of the   
   party last month after the party learned that he had been interfering in   
   the fight for the right to represent the riding in Ottawa.  Adams’   
   opponent, Natalia Lishchyna, has complained that Soudas’s interference   
   has made the race unfair, and convinced the party to investigate.  On   
   April 9, party president John Walsh wrote to Adams to express “grave   
   concerns” about the way she had conducted her campaign, and threatened   
   that a council subcommittee — the candidate selection committee — would   
   disqualify her if it is warranted.   
      
   The letter gave Adams until Friday to deliver a “full accounting of all   
   non-monetary contributions, including the work of professional persons   
   who have not charged the nomination campaign.”   
      
   Adams is only allowed by Elections Canada rules to spend $17,721.66 on   
   the nomination battle.   
      
   Lishchyna’s campaign has said that database records show that Soudas and   
   Adams’ constituency staff were repeatedly accessing the database, and   
   alleges that if the value of that work is included in her accounting,   
   then she will have exceeded the limit and should be disqualified.   
   Conservative sources expect Walsh to ask party staff to review the   
   accounting and then report on it to the council, which will decide   
   whether to let her stay in the nomination race.   
      
   Elections Canada rules require volunteer work done during business hours   
   to be accounted for in calculating eligible expenses, but work done   
   after hours is not considered, so the party may end up comparing   
   database records to Adams’ accounting to see if she was following the rules.   
      
   Sources say the party doesn’t want to disqualify Adams but needs to be   
   sure that her expense filings can withstand scrutiny when they are   
   eventually made public by Elections Canada.   
      
   Neither campaign nor the party replied to requests for comment on Thursday.   
      
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