Crown Suggests More Involved in Robocalls Case

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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On the last day of the robocalls trial on Monday, Crown alleged that there was likely more than one culprit involved in the misleading robocalls in Guelph during the 2011 election, while highlighting that Michael Sona was still “instrumental” in carrying out the scheme.

According to Crown prosecutor, Croft Michaelson, the evidence has shown that Sona set up a robocalls account under the pseudonym “Pierre Jones,” and also bought prepaid credit cards and a burner cellphone registered as the now-infamous “Pierre Poutine.” He added that “I say the evidence points towards Mr. Sona as being ‘Pierre Jones’ and being instrumental in carrying out the scheme.” Whereas, Michaelson added that he also found that someone else on Conservative candidate Marty Burke’s campaign was likely involved, pointing out that someone logged onto a proxy server and purchased credit cards at roughly the same time, implying that it couldn’t have been just one person. He explained that “it appears that more than one person was involved in executing the plan,” he said.

The crown hinted of a “reasonable inference” from campaign manager Ken Morgan, who along with Sona had login information about creating a robocalls account, was that other person. It was also stressed upon that Sona, along with Morgan, allegedly received information about how to create an automated calling account with Edmonton-based company RackNine. He said that “Mr. Sona is certainly expressing a significant interest in sending out an anonymous call just two to three days before the account is set up by RackNine.”