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Elections Canada to charge Moore
by Justin Boudreau, Managing Editor, Canadafreepress.com

Elections Canada will lay charges against shockumentary filmmaker Michael
Moore.

Officially, Elections Canada will neither confirm nor deny plans to lay
formal charges against Moore. However, Canadafreepress.com has learned
through sources that charges are imminent and expected by the end of next
week.

The anti-Bush Moore, who often lets his mouth get ahead of him, may think he
got away with the boner of the Canadian release of Fahrenheit 9/11 just days
ahead of the June 28 federal election, but there is the little matter of
election law infringement.

Moore's pre-election advice lecturing Canadian voters not to vote
Conservative quickly enraged a number of Conservative Party supporters who
launched the website: www.chargeMoore.com in an effort to encourage
Elections Canada to uphold its own law.


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Moore's tactics encompass what legal beagles believe is a direct violation
of Canada electoral law. Under the "Non-Interference by Foreigners" clause
(Part 11, Division 9, section 331) of the Canadian Elections Act:

No person who does not reside in Canada shall, during an election period, in
any way induce electors to vote or refrain from voting for a particular
candidate unless the person is


a Canadian citizen; or


a permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2 (1) of the
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.

As far as the letter of the law is concerned "I love Canada," as Moore has
stated, does not count.

Penalties under the Canada Elections Act for such violations are a $2,000
fine--or a jail term of six months less a day. Kasra Nejatian, spokesperson
for chargeMoore.com and his lawyers aren't interested in the fines. "They
(the fines) can be higher, but we aren't interested in that. What we want is
the jail time," Nejatian told Canadafreepress.com.

Once charges are laid, the small force behind chargeMoore.com is confident
that they will be successful. "It (the Act) is fairly clear here. He has no
wiggle room."

Nejatian, however is being realistic. While he doesn't expect Pooh-Bah Moore
to spend a single night in the slammer, he is anticipating that such a
charge would all but bar the Michigan-native film maker from ever entering
Canada again, a point he sees as a bonus as bright as any star.

Encouraged by the amount of public support his online petition has found,
Nejatian says he's hoping that even more Canadians will log on at
www.chargeMoore .com to sign up.

"There's no excuse for a foreign socialist millionaire to show up in our
country and try to spread his propaganda," he said.



Justin Boudreau is the Managing Editor of Canada Free Press. He can be
reached at .

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