Liberal "Negative Option Billing" In Guelph

In case you forgot - "negative option billing" meant that a phone or a cable company could add some specialty services to your account and then wait for you to call in and opt out. This practice was banned in 1999. But MPs that drafted the bill apparently couldn't imagine a political party recruiting its supporters through negative option billing:

Oops... Several residents in Guelph returned home after the long weekend to an unexpected surprise... Liberal candidate Frank Valeriote's sign on their lawn. The problem is, they never requested one!

Looks like another "oops" in the Guelph Liberal campaign... seems like they've been caught in a little signage fraud! Well, "fraud" might be too strong a word to use... but with the number of complaints piling up, one has to wonder if there's something more organized to it. (Got this little tip from one of my many sources in town)

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Interesting logic. No sign on the lawn? Let's put a Liberal sign on it. If the owner is on vacation - then why would he care? And if he's back and he doesn't like it - well, not a problem, let him just call the campaign office and they'll send someone to remove the sign...

And, of course, the Liberals could always count on the media not to make a fuss over it. If it was the Conservative team installing signs on someone else's lawns - all major newspapers, radio and TV stations, let alone - Liberal bloggers would be ripping them to pieces...

I wonder if it's possible for the landlords to sue the Liberal sign crew for trespassing. Judging by the number of those who found unwanted traces of Liberal activity on their lawns, this might as well be a class action suit.