{"id":8629,"date":"2020-11-16T09:01:09","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T14:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/?p=8629"},"modified":"2020-11-16T09:01:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T14:01:11","slug":"elections-canada-safeguard-of-the-canadian-electoral-system-and-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=8629","title":{"rendered":"Elections Canada \u2013 Safeguard of the Canadian Electoral System and Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CanElectionsBox-1024x538.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CanElectionsBox-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CanElectionsBox-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CanElectionsBox-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CanElectionsBox.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>November 16, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In light of the election turmoil that has been unfolding south of the border, it is legitimate to ask ourselves if a similar situation could happen here. The simple answer is no or very unlikely because of the way the Canadian electoral system works and because of the <a href=\"https:\/\/ipolitics.ca\/2020\/11\/09\/process-nerd-why-what-happened-in-the-u-s-probably-couldnt-happen-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Westminster parliamentary system<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/elections-canada-political-interference-1.5791693\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elections Canada<\/a>, an independent and non-partisan federal agency, created a century ago, oversees federal elections in all provinces and territories. All Canadian voters gets the same experience at the polling station wherever they reside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8631\" width=\"421\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Picture1.png 420w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Picture1-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><figcaption>Tweet from Elections Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We are fortunate that all of Canada has Elections Canada, as an organization, as compared to state-run voting organizations in the United States that are prone to political partisan influences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our union is proud to represent Elections Canada workers with their unbiased professionalism, and their total respect for the <a href=\"https:\/\/laws.justice.gc.ca\/eng\/acts\/e-2.01\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Canada Elections Act<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/elections.ca\/anniversary?cid=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elections Canada&#8217;s 100th Anniversary<\/a> to learn more about this important agency and the work these members do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 16, 2020 In light of the election turmoil that has been unfolding south of the border, it is legitimate to ask ourselves if a similar situation could happen here. The simple answer is no or very unlikely because of the way the Canadian electoral system works and because of the Westminster parliamentary system. Elections &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=8629\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Elections Canada \u2013 Safeguard of the Canadian Electoral System and Democracy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8629"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8629"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8634,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8629\/revisions\/8634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}