Anti-Electoral Action
On June 28, the day of Canada's national elections, the turn out rate of registered and eligible voters dropped to 60.3%, the lowest since 1898.
On the other hand, theft and vandalism of election signs was rampant in British Columbia and across Canada.
In Abbotsford some signs were even set on fire. In Victoria, it was open season on all politicians, as even the Green Party came under attack. One Green Party candidate complained to the media, saying "I've talked to anarchists who will knock down everybody's signs... I definetely don't condone it." On May 23rd, a window was smashed at the Green Party's Victoria office. And, of course, an attack on Vancouver Liberal Hedy Fry's office garnered a lot of attention at the end of May.
On June 5th, Port Moody-Port Coquitlam Conservative MP James Moore had his office broken into.
And over the June 19-20 weekend, Winnipeg's Conservative candidate Ron Bruinooge had a window broken too.