Federal Donations

[apollo19]

From story: http://www.canada.com/national/story.html?...f4-57636a940647

Figures released by Elections Canada show the Liberals took in $5.2 million in the election year of 2004, while the newly merged Conservatives raked in $10.9 million.

It was the first year federal parties operated under new legislation that severely restricts donations by corporations and wealthy individuals.

Now we find out who truly are the corporate elitists

[SirSpanky]

We didn't know before?

[Argus]

From story: http://www.canada.com/national/story.html?...f4-57636a940647

Figures released by Elections Canada show the Liberals took in $5.2 million in the election year of 2004, while the newly merged Conservatives raked in $10.9 million.

It was the first year federal parties operated under new legislation that severely restricts donations by corporations and wealthy individuals.

Now we find out who truly are the corporate elitists

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No, we just found out who was actually reporting their donations, as opposed to those who got their donations under the table in brown paper bags, or in kickbacks, or in free legal services, or who had private companies paying the wages of their full time election workers.

I mean, who could possibly be stupid enough to think Stephen Harper is more of a corporate shill than Paul Martin Junior, Bay Street's Baby. Or does the name Belinda Stronach mean anything to you? How about John Mccallum - who could possibly be more corporate than the vice president of the Royal Bank?

[August1991]

Major changes to election financing came into effect in 2004 and provide healthy reimbursements to both political parties and candidates.  If a party has received more than 2% of the national vote or 5% in the ridings it contested, then it may qualify for a payment equal to 60% of its election expenses - up from 22.5% in the 2000 election. If a candidate wins at least 10% of the votes in his or her riding, they are also eligible for up to a reimbursement of up to 60% of their expenses. Indeed new terms that were approved just before the 2004 election allow a party with as few as 250 members to field only one or two candidates and still qualify for reimbursements.

Simon Fraser Web Site

The Liberals will now get their money from taxpayers rather than from corporations. Spending caps for the three major parties in the 2004 election were around $18 million - about $10 million of that will now be taxpayer provided.

What is remarkable is that the Conservatives took in over $10 million in small donations.

No, we just found out who was actually reporting their donations, as opposed to those who got their donations under the table in brown paper bags, or in kickbacks, or in free legal services, or who had private companies paying the wages of their full time election workers.

This is the problem that only a serious press can protect us against. To the extent election campaigns are about advertising, then advertising agencies can in effect bill the government but provide a service to a political party.

[Rovik]

From Canoe web site: Click Here:

In the end, the New Democrats managed to come out of the year as the only major party with a surplus. They were $3.2 million in the black.

The Liberals ended the year $1.9 million in debt, the Conservatives $1.3 million in the hole, and the Bloc $936,000 in the red.

I find it interesting that only the NDP were fiscally prudent to not have a debt. Funny how CPC and Liberal supporters always claim that the NDP is not good with money management.

Considering that both the CPC and the Liberals were well over $1 million in debt, these same CPC and Liberal supporters are obviously hypocrites. Because to me it seems that the CPC and the Liberals are the ones that can't handle money.

[Leader Circle]

From Canoe web site: Click Here:

In the end, the New Democrats managed to come out of the year as the only major party with a surplus. They were $3.2 million in the black.

The Liberals ended the year $1.9 million in debt, the Conservatives $1.3 million in the hole, and the Bloc $936,000 in the red.

I find it interesting that only the NDP were fiscally prudent to not have a debt. Funny how CPC and Liberal supporters always claim that the NDP is not good with money management.

Considering that both the CPC and the Liberals were well over $1 million in debt, these same CPC and Liberal supporters are obviously hypocrites. Because to me it seems that the CPC and the Liberals are the ones that can't handle money.

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It tells you how agressive parties are in campaigning. During an election, NDP ads usually run off-peak times and do very little advertising. It also shows in the number of MP's they actually have. I think if a person was to look into it, many of their constituent offices are private homes of supporters. In my riding, their head office is at the home of their riding president. This would save loads of money for office rent, office supplies & phones & such. Maybe instead of fiscally responsible, they are simply cheap!!!

If you look at the Libs & Cons, they advertise at peak times, go very extravagant with their ads and are quite a production. Come to think of it, NDP ads usually have a picture of Jack Layton and him talking about environment, nothing fancy!

The Libs & Cons mostly have constituent offices, with several volunteers and enough phones to start a support hotline for Microsoft. No question the Libs & Cons are not very fiscally responsible when it comes to campaign spending, but they are also not cheaping out!

[August1991]

I find it interesting that only the NDP were fiscally prudent to not have a debt. Funny how CPC and Liberal supporters always claim that the NDP is not good with money management.

What happened in Ontario when the NDP formed a government?

It seems to me there are two NDP types: The Western, protestant, cooperative, practical, farmer type. And then the urban, trendy, progressive, save-the-whale type. The former find good moral reasons to spend other people's money even if it means raising taxes. The latter find good moral reasons to spend other people's money even if they have to borrow it.

[Guest eureka]

What did happen in Ontario when the NDP formed a government, August? I have seen many slighting posts in various threads but none that are even close to the mark.

Do you mean what did they do about facing the major recession that they inherited? Do you mean what did they do when they adopted policies to shrink the deficit and debt? Do you mean what did they do instead if advancing their progressive agenda to deal first with the very real immediate problems?

What do you mean?

[August1991]

What did happen in Ontario when the NDP formed a government, August?

In September of 1990, the NDP experienced its greatest victory: the election of a majority government in Canada’s largest province, Ontario. However, the new government’s honeymoon with the public ended, appropriately enough, nine months later with the delivery of a $9.7 Billion deficit – the largest the province had seen.

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