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Originally Posted by John Doe
Nice try, but I said no such thing. I said that we should support parties we agree with as individuals.We should also support parties that we as a collective support as individuals. For example, I detest Harper and his platform, but I would never suggest that we as a collective shouldn't support the Conservatives as many Canadians agree with their policies. You, however, seem to think that since you as an individual do not like a certain party, then they shouldn't be supported by anyone.
Given your view on the voting subsidy, how then can you not consider political donations to be anything but graft?
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No... I think that if I don't like parties, I shouldn't have to shell out any cash, on principle alone, I never said that other people shouldn't be allowed to donate under the $1200/year limit.
It's ideal that the parties actually have to make an effort to create an adequate fundraising effort to support their marketing and election activities.
Why do you think we are seeing so many elections, why are we seeing so many attack ads? Because each of the major parties have enough money in their war chest from the per vote subsidy to stay in constant election readiness instead of actually working together in Parliament.
Honestly, the CPC was able to create and maintain a wide small donation fundraising base over the past 20 years. It was the other parties, Libs and NDP, who were able to raise massive amounts of money from the big banks and unions.
Now that the donation legislation is in place, these parties are massively in favour of keeping the subsidy because it's the only way they could financially survive in the current legislative milieu. They refused to adapt, and they should pay the penalty in the short run.