Alta4ever

You know what great incentive to vote is....THE RIGHT TO VOTE. There is nothing beneficial about spending hard earned Canadians tax monies on poltical party welfare when they should be able to fundraise from their party base stop being lazy and fundraise.

Sure thats the next step

I'd bet they wouldn't even were to send the check if they wanted to. Its not like its advertised, even during the election our green candidate didn't even know who to make the check out to.

So how many liberals won't show for the vote.

Gotta love the spin about allowing the Big business back into party politics when, corporate and large donations still won't be allowed.

Sure I would, it would make laugh harder then that comedy festival in Montreal.

So you see a problem with having an elected and accountable senate?

Hey we're up to 25 doing good.

Duceppe helping form a coalition, that is laughable, he would be inclusive and keep it together til what, the first vote.

The reform was campaigning on reopening the constitution to do this. BTW the Topaz, the EEE senate wasn't going to remove it, the purpose is to make it more accountable and democratically elected instead of the partisan appointments that happen now. Its too bad their are few in this country who have any poiltical will, they all seem to want the status quo to carry on.

No, but I am not in favour of haveing tax payer money going into poltical parties, and it won't be a one party state as this won't wipe the parties out. It will make them be a little more careful with their finances and live within their means, it will also mean that they will have to be more accountable to their grassroots and base support.

Wouldn't be nice if the Liberals, NDP, and Bloc, weren't writing cheques out of our wallets for their party business.

Really this all boils down to the left being entited to their entitlements. Heaveb forbid they actually have to go and get their hands dirty and ask for a donation.

Obviously you haven't read the budget update their is a lineor two that deals with the amount of pay going to MP's. If you want you 1.95 to go to a party for you vote, write a cheque, or just stop by an EDA office and gove them a buck ninety five.

Total BS the average dobation tot he party is $115. Got anything else. Or just more of the same old same old.

Have you ever been told to live within your means? IF not. Live within your means.

So what they should be easy to track, but no one person should have undue influence over a party and that is want huge donors have. The cabinate runs the country, parties on the dole do not, while I am all for lower government spending, political party welfare is one of the most useless things to spending tax payer money on, all it does is fund signs and TV ads, it does nothing to further a country. He is a solution for your leadership race, cut back on the expense and bank some money you may need it.

How does this create another crisis? This keeps tax payers monies in government programs, not political parties campaign teams. You want a tight leash around the political parties necks this does it. Play to you base, or no money to fight elections it adds more accountablity to the system, and puts more power in the grassroots of the party. How is that ever a bad thing.

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So the political parties shouldn't tighten their belts? They can just go on business as usual? What about those out their in the work force that will have to tighten their belts. Can your parties not fundraise, or is having to actually having to donate sometime and money of your own what scares you?

Wrong the more you can give to the party the more influence that corporation, or person has with the party. Its like business the bigger the account the more attention and favors it gets. Most people can see right through your ploy, you want the big liberals bankers like power corp to beable to fund all of your camapaigns again. If you have people that are so good at getting donations, I suggest you put your money where you mouth is and start fundraising for the next election instead of borrowing for leadership races and then tring to pay off the debt.

Please explain this it doesn't make sense. Limiting donor influence means limiting the amount that can be donated, putting a spending cap on an election does nothing to stop 100,000 donoations from people looking for favours as they donor will know have more influence over the party then someone who donates 1,000. I suggest you pick up the phone for theliberal party and start building a donor base.

So why can't the other party get their s--t together and learn how to fund raise from their party base. Its not like this is rocket science, or is it that you just don't want to have to do the work?

Ah but the Provinces have the right to write a consitution, counties and municipalities do not.

I dare the libs and the bloc to vote this down......