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The Federal Court has found in no uncertain terms that widespread election fraud took place during the 2011 federal election. The ruling clearly states that "there was an orchestrated effort to suppress votes during the 2011 election campaign by a person with access to the [Conservative Party's] CIMS database."

About 15,000 people attempted to march on the Canadian consulate in Thessaloniki, Greece this weekend in opposition to Vancouver-based Eldorado Gold mines on the Halkidiki peninsula. Riot police redirected their route away from the consulate.

The Canadian Press reports, "Eldorado vice-president Nancy Woo says activists' concerns that the mine will pollute the environment are wrong. She says the mine, which is set to begin digging soon, will follow the necessary European Union and Greek environmental rules."

Lawyers for the Conservative Party MPs in the seven ridings being challenged have filed motions asking that the applicants file security for the Conservative MPs’ costs for a total amount of $250,000! Today we learned that this motion will now be heard by the Federal Court of Canada on September 18th.

Essentially, this Conservative Party motion asks the Federal Court to require that the applicants pay this amount in full and upfront -- before the full hearings get underway this fall – as a security deposit should the applications fail and the Court award costs to the Conservative Party MPs.