I'm not crazy about the extra cost but all of the parties have been campaigning for a month anyway.
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Originally Posted by Reaper
Great long game by Harper. First, take away the public funding for political parties since corporations love you and will bankroll you. Next, make the longest election call in Canadian history in hopes of depleting the other parties' campaign funds through attrition.
I have a feeling that we'll be seeing lots of non-party campaign ads this run.
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Hate to break your narrative that big business funds the Conservatives but that's not the case. Corporations and Unions can't fund parties anymore and the personal limit is restricted to $1,100 or $1,200, can't remember which. When corporate funding was abolished it had by far the biggest effect on the Liberals and union funding had the most effect on the NDP. The majority of the Conservative donations came/come from small personal donations.
Also, during a writ period 3rd party ads are restricted, can't remember the exact dollar amounts, think it's $400,000 or something like that.