Shit Harper Did group pranks Conservative candidate

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      Mischief-makers with the Shit Harper Did (SHD) activist group have pulled a prank on a Vancouver-area Conservative candidate.

      They talked Francisco “Jojo” Quimpo into signing a pledge that he will not cheat in the October 19 federal election, which was fine except for one thing: the vow signed by the Vancouver Kingsway Conservative candidate makes a promise not to do what “my counterparts have done…in the past three elections”.

      It makes Quimpo seem to admit that the Conservatives didn’t play fair and square in the 2006, 2008, and 2011 elections.

      The SHD rascals even had Quimpo on-camera gladly signing the pledge and saying: “Absolutely. As much as possible, we have to preserve the democratic process and respect it.”

      Quimpo’s campaign office was one of a number of Conservative election headquarters visited by SHD instigators. One of the mischievous activists would drop to a knee and, with a ring in hand, pop the question to candidates and staff: “Do you promise not to cheat in the 2015 election?”

      A video released by SHD also showed Mike Little, the Conservative candidate in Burnaby North—Seymour, telling a young woman: “We’re not allowed to sign pledges; it’s actually an Elections Canada law.”

      In a media release, the group noted that Section 550 of the Canada Elections Act only prevents candidates from signing documents that would “prevent him or her from exercising freedom of action in Parliament, if elected.”

      To watch the video, click here.

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