An anti-abortion group consisting of just two employees has received notice from the federal elections commissioner that it is being investigated for violating federal campaign laws. The investigation is looking into Ottawa-based RightNow’s role in helping connect anti-abortion campaign volunteers with like-minded candidates during the 2019 federal election.
The group’s lawyer, Albertos Polizogopoulos, has since launched formal complaints on RightNow’s behalf against six major labour unions, alleging that they also provided volunteers to 2019 campaigns. It demands that the federal election commissioner also investigate Unifor, the Public Service Alliance of Canada, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the Canadian Union of Public Employees, and the United Steel Workers for assisting Liberal or NDP candidates to help defeat Conservative candidates.
“If investigations (into the unions) aren’t opened, we’ll be demanding to know why,” Polizogopoulos said.
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