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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).
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No. The cap on how much a person could donate was brought in to keep special interest groups out of politics. The public funding was added to prop up parties (read: Liberals) who couldn't/wouldn't get donations from their base under such a system. The two are very much separate - the public funding has nothing to do with getting special interest out of politics and everything to do with keeping ineptitude afloat in Canadian politics.