Canada 2008: Official Thread

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Just to make it sure. Will the local stations broadcast anything whatsoever in Atlantic Canada? If yes, and if we have somebody here, who is right accross the border and can whatch those, that person should be able to post things without any threat of prosecution. Shouldn't s/he?

[ag]

OK, sorry, I'm thoroughly confused by the discussion of when results will be released.  It sounds like people are saying that results will released in local media (such as local TV stations) as soon as the polls close in a given province, but that it's illegal to transmit those results to other provinces as long as voting is still going on?  How the heck is that practical?  Surely with internet, telephones, etc., if the results are being broadcast in one media market, they'll leak out to the rest of the world??  Can someone explain this?

Your understanding is correct. They can't monitor everything perfectly, but they do prosecute anyone who they catch spreading results into provinces where voting is still open.

And the remarkable thing is, it seems to be working, at least for now. At least, my, admittedly far from thorough, but more than perfunctory search hasn't uncovered any violators. The most that I've seen is people saying "I will be discussing this on Twitter".  Can't believe it - 30 million law-abiding citizens and no freedom fighters among them

What can I say: Canadians.

[ag]

Wouldn't it be easier for the government itself to just hold onto the election returns and not release anything until polls have closed on the West Coast, rather than release the information to millions of people, and then make it illegal for them to tell anyone?

They don't do things simply in Cannuckistan.

[ag]

Ok, some reports seem to be getting through the blackout. First link I found (and I am not in Canada  )

http://www.canspice.org/2008/10/14/canada-election-2008-atlantic-results/

[ag]

Another one:

http://newfinland.blogspot.com/2008/10/election-results-in-nl-as-of-1010-pm-nf.html