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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Public funding was put in place for the purpose of getting big money from special interest groups out of politics. Without public funding, the parties would be beholden to their donors (moreso).
It should also be noted that Canada is not unique in financing election campaigns with taxpayer money. John McCain, for example, ran his recent presidential campaign at the expense of the American people (Obama also had the right to accept public funding , but he declined because he calculated he could raise more money from private donars).
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Liberal supports can keep trotting out the 'it was for the good of canada' line all they want, it doesn't make it any more true. It was to line their own pockets, pure and simple. Don't forget it was done at the same time as the sponsorship debacle, which in the end was also a sponsorship of the liberal party. The liberal party needed money, and this was a good way to fleece canadian taxpayers into giving it to them.
And so what if we're not the only country that does this? Still doesn't mean that the majority of canadians think we should. Not very often people try to determine the views of canadians by polling florida.