Watchdog says Tims card brouhaha shows Nova Scotia’s electoral officer needs fining power

The director of a democracy watchdog says that if Nova Scotia’s electoral officer had more power to levy fines, it would discourage situations such as campaign managers giving Tim Hortons gift cards to voters.The Liberal party has complained to Elections Nova Scotia after a Progressive Conservative campaign manager in Lunenburg, N.S., handed out gift cards each good for a single cup of coffee at a drive-through while candidate Susan Corkum-Greek greeted voters as they exited.