Charity funded by the government has links to Tory call centre

[Lucy Goosey]

A historical charity that receives millions of dollars from the federal government each year has been paying the Conservative Party’s main call centre company for fundraising work.

Historica-Dominion Institute has been using Responsive Marketing Group (RMG) for telephone fundraising to supplement the $5 million to $7 million the charity has received from the federal government over each of the past three years.

The privately-owned RMG performs voter identification and fundraising work for the federal Conservatives using the party’s sophisticated Constituent Information Management System (CIMS) database.

The company was thrust into the media spotlight last month when some RMG phone operators from Thunder Bay said they had filed complaints with the RCMP and Elections Canada about calls they made for the Tories during the last election campaign.

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Charity+funded+government+links+Tory+call+centre/6399771/story.html

McGregor & Maher, The Ottawa Citizen

[Joe Shlabotnik]

1. what a tangled web.

Will a deep throat emerge and/or reveal a smoking gun anytime soon? Would the media cover it? or decide that the NHL playoffs are more of a national concern.