The robocalls were meant to as a corrective to earlier automated messages that the judge said were intended to hurt Democrats by suppressing turnout among Black voters.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has given the industry until Dec. 19 to come up with the means to block illegal caller identifications that mask the true origin of the call.

The latest scandal comes as Albertans prepare to head to the polls Tuesday in an election that has polarized the province.

Parents with students at the Lester B. Pearson School Board got a puzzling robocall on Tuesday morning as a glitch appeared to hit the board's automated phone system.

Mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson has apologized for robocalls sent in the middle of the night to Toronto residents.