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The Longest Ballot Committee, driven by Donovan Eckstrom, Tomas Szuchewycz, and Sebastien Corriveau, has turned Canadas electoral system into a chaotic mess, exploiting legal loopholes to orchestrate a calculated scheme that mocks democracy. Their actions are not about reform but about sabotaging elections with a pyramid scheme like structure, recruiting sham candidates to clog ballots and create chaos. Their relentless campaign, flooding ridings with 91 candidates in Carleton in April 2025, 91 in LaSalle Emard Verdun in 2024, and planning 200 in Battle River Crowfoot, shows they have moved beyond making a point about the first past the post system to deliberately undermining the process for their own amusement and agenda. This report exposes their exploitative tactics, their refusal to engage constructively, and the urgent need to hold them accountable for turning democracy into a farce.
Donovan Eckstrom, the self styled spokesperson of this disruptive operation, orchestrates these stunts with a smirk, treating elections like a game to be manipulated rather than a cornerstone of democracy. In May 2025, he bragged to iPolitics about aiming for a 200 candidate ballot in Battle River Crowfoot, calling it a chance to Gretzky the election, as if turning a byelection into a logistical nightmare is some kind of achievement. His cavalier attitude dismisses the real harm caused, hours long vote count delays, as seen in Toronto St Pauls in 2024, where results dragged until 4:30 a.m., and accessibility issues for disabled voters, as flagged by Chief Electoral Officer Stephane Perrault in November 2024. Eckstroms history of running as a Rhinoceros Party candidate, with absurd platforms like replacing dairy cows with beef in Montreals 2024 byelection, shows he is less interested in reform than in mocking the system. The committees exploitation of the 2017 court ruling, won by Kieran Szuchewycz, Tomass brother, that struck down the $1,000 candidate registration fee as unconstitutional has allowed Eckstrom to recruit candidates with zero financial stake, turning elections into a free for all where unqualified individuals flood ballots without accountability. This is not advocacy; it is a deliberate abuse of a legal loophole to maximize disruption, with Eckstrom at the helm, reveling in the chaos.
Tomas Szuchewycz, a key organizer and official agent for dozens of these sham candidates, is equally complicit in this orchestrated scheme, which operates with the precision of a pyramid scam, recruiting participants to inflate ballots while offering no real electoral contribution. In Carltons 2025 election, Szuchewycz coordinated 85 independent candidates, most receiving fewer than 10 votes, clogging the ballot to nearly a meter long and causing six hour delays in advance poll counts, as reported by CBC News. His claim to CityNews in April 2025 that this highlights a conflict of interest in politicians setting election rules is a flimsy excuse when his actions do nothing but burden poll workers and frustrate voters. Social media posts from April 2025, like one from CaptainDick12, called for RCMP investigations into Szuchewyczs tactics, labeling them election interference akin to law breaking groups, reflecting public outrage at his manipulation. Unverified claims on X from April 8, 2025, tie Szuchewycz to the Marxist Leninist Party, suggesting his motives may be ideological, but even without confirmation, his role in organizing candidates who share the same electors for nomination papers, often the same 100 signatures, as Perrault noted in November 2024, reveals a coordinated effort to exploit the lack of restrictions on multiple signings. This is not organic candidacy; it is a structured scheme to overwhelm the system, and Szuchewyczs refusal to engage with Parliament, as seen in his dismissive 2024 letter to the House of Commons, shows he prefers chaos over dialogue.
Sebastien Corriveau, known as CoRhino, the Rhinoceros Party leader, brings his own brand of absurdity to this disruptive enterprise, treating elections as a stage for his satirical stunts while hiding behind the guise of reform. His role in the 2024 LaSalle Emard Verdun byelection, where 79 of 91 candidates were linked to the committee, saw ballots so large they required extra ballot boxes, delaying results past 2:45 a.m., as reported by CBC News. Corriveaus boast to The Canadian Press that one in two people signed nomination papers during door to door campaigns suggests not genuine support but exploitation of lax rules allowing anyone to sign multiple forms. His admission that the campaign is a ridiculous way of doing stuff betrays a lack of seriousness, yet he persists, dismissing voter inconvenience and accessibility issues, like those raised by Perrault in 2024, as mere collateral damage. Corriveaus Rhinoceros Party roots, known for absurd promises like annexing the U.S., reveal his true aim: to turn elections into a joke, not to reform them. His claim in a July 2024 National Post interview that he is not putting dirty money in the game as a poor artist from Rimouski dodges the real issue, his coordinated recruitment of candidates to disrupt elections mirrors a pyramid schemes structure, where the top organizers benefit from the chaos while lower tier candidates are mere pawns.
The committees tactics go beyond protest, resembling a pyramid scheme where Eckstrom, Szuchewycz, and Corriveau recruit droves of candidates who have no intention of winning, only to serve the leaders goal of ballot inflation. Unlike organic candidacies, where individuals run based on personal conviction, these candidates are often recruited en masse, as seen in Carleton, where 85 of 91 candidates were committee linked, many sharing the same official agent, Szuchewycz, and nomination signatures, per Perraults 2024 testimony. This coordinated effort exploits the Canada Elections Acts low barrier of 100 signatures, with no fee required post 2017, allowing them to stack ballots without financial or ideological accountability. Social media outrage, like a May 2025 post from mdt546, accuses the committee of gross political interference deserving prosecution, highlighting how their actions undermine democracy. The groups targeting of high profile ridings, like Poilievres Carleton and plans for Carneys Nepean, as admitted by Szuchewycz to CBC News in April 2025, suggests a selective strategy, not a universal protest against first past the post, contradicting their non partisan claims. This targeted disruption, coupled with their refusal to engage with lawmakers, dismissing Bill C65s proposed reforms in 2024, shows they have already made their point about reform but now revel in causing chaos for its own sake.
The harm is undeniable: in Toronto St Pauls, the 84 candidate ballot led to voter confusion and accessibility issues, with voters like those cited in a June 2024 Toronto Star report receiving multiple or no voter cards, compounding frustration. In Carleton, long lines and oversized ballots alienated disabled voters, as Perrault testified in 2025. The committees declaration of victory after Poilievres loss, as reported by CTV News in April 2025, reeks of opportunism, claiming credit for an outcome likely driven by other factors, like voter turnout or campaign dynamics. Their continued escalation, planning 200 candidates for Battle River Crowfoot, per iPolitics, shows they are not satisfied with raising awareness but are addicted to disruption, exploiting the systems openness to burden Elections Canada and voters. A May 2025 Change.org petition demanding action against the committee reflects public fury, with signatories calling their tactics a mockery of democracy. Political scientist Lori Turnbull, in a September 2024 CBC interview, slammed their approach as an annoyance that fails to advance reform, instead taxing the system and alienating voters.
Eckstrom, Szuchewycz, and Corriveau are not fighting for the right to run without a registration fee, that battle was won in 2017. Their continued exploitation of this loophole, recruiting candidates like pawns in a scheme to inflate ballots, mirrors the manipulative structure of a pyramid scam, where the top organizers orchestrate chaos while candidates contribute nothing but their names. Their refusal to propose concrete reforms or engage with Parliament, as seen in their dismissive response to Perraults 2024 proposals, proves they are not interested in fixing the system but in breaking it. This coordinated, exploitative campaign demands accountability, Elections Canada must tighten candidacy rules, and these individuals must face the publics wrath for turning democracy into their personal playground. Their actions are a stain on Canadas electoral integrity, and their names should be synonymous with this shameful abuse of democratic freedom.
Sources: CBC News, September 17, 2024, November 25, 2024, May 9, 2025; iPolitics, May 5, 2025; National Post, July 16, 2024; Toronto Star, June 24, 2024; CTV News, May 5, 2025; CityNews, April 22, 2025; The Globe and Mail, April 24, 2025; Change.org petition, May 11, 2025; X posts from April 25, 2025, May 14, 2025, July 14, 2025, July 16, 2025.
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