When you can't win by fair and legitimate means, change tactics.

Today 81 YES delegates received letters by Purolator courier from Andrew Brander, candidate for 6th Vice-President, challenging their status as delegates.

First and foremost we want to assure everyone that the YES team is dealing with this frivolous and vextious complaint. We have legal counsel that are dealing directly with the Credentials Chair of the Convention on behalf of all those challenged.

This tactic is simply designed to discourage YES supporters from attending the convention.

This situation is still developing and we are working diligently to ensure that no members, regardless of which side of the campaign they are supporting, are disenfranchised.

Below is the response of one of the challenged delegates:

From: Bill MacLean

To:

Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 18:35

Subject: Delegate dispute

My two sons and I were elected to the Prescott Russell Glengarry slate for the convention. Everything is in order. The slate was submitted at the end of January.

Today I received notice of a protest based on elegibility. The rules were strictly followed by the riding association.

As I understand Section3 of the rules, a prtest must be filed within (5) days of the list submission. There must be a hearing within (5) days. There must be a final decision within (5) days.

These rules are put in place so that delgates will know their status before spending the time and money to go to the AGM.

The notice I received from Andrew Brander was dated Feb 19, 2008. It was delivered Purolator. It was received Feb 20, 2008 just after lunch.

It would seem to me that this protest is out of order. Under the RULES it must be rejected without further evaluation.

The RULEs in this case form a contract between the Party and the members. Contracts are binding. If the contract is broken by the party, there will be damages claimable.

If we are disenfranchised in this way, we will file suits to reclaim all our costs. We would recommend this process to all others whose contract rights have been breached.

If enough members have been treated this way, we may seek to institute a class action.

Boy, this is some way to get new members to join in and get active within the party!!

 

Bill, Andrew, and Chris MacLean

Milton, ON