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Originally Posted by Eric Vail
The problem with this is it gives the wealthy coorporations more power than they should have and takes power away from ordinary Canadians. By doing this, parties would be hesitant to take on corrupt coorporations and would be tempted to give tax breaks to big business because they would be the absolute key to getting elected. I think this change opens up far greater opportunities for corruption.
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It doesn't work this way, especially with the corporate donation limitations that was bought on board with (ugh) thanks to Jean Chretien. However the positive part of that rule is it removed the large corporations from getting favoritism through donation sizes. A few years ago, Dion would have had his debt cleared through donations from 2 or 3 large donations, he can't do that now.
The government shouldn't be providing the lions share of a political party's budget. The Conservatives became successful because they fund raised in their grassroots areas like demons, whereas the Liberal's who lost their big bank and corporate backing in one foul stroke also lost out on their grass roots power base.
I get the Liberal news letters from my membership with their party and the tone has taken on desparation in terms of calls for cash. They're going to have to find a way to reconnect with the voters, they're going to have to get on the phone, go out shake babies and kiss fathers and work their way out of their situation a dollar at a time.