Canada 2008: Official Thread

[Mr. Morden]

OK, sorry, I'm thoroughly confused by the discussion of when results will be released.  It sounds like people are saying that results will released in local media (such as local TV stations) as soon as the polls close in a given province, but that it's illegal to transmit those results to other provinces as long as voting is still going on?  How the heck is that practical?  Surely with internet, telephones, etc., if the results are being broadcast in one media market, they'll leak out to the rest of the world??  Can someone explain this?

[Mr. Morden]

Wouldn't it be easier for the government itself to just hold onto the election returns and not release anything until polls have closed on the West Coast, rather than release the information to millions of people, and then make it illegal for them to tell anyone?