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Originally Posted by GP_Matt
I am surprised at how much of the money comes from small donors. There really wasn't that much raised from big donors.
Glad she released them but the timing is understandable given that when everyone donated the law/policy was that they would be kept anonymous, I would imagine that someone would have to contact every donor to confirm that it was okay to release the information. Or as FL said if they are going to be on the public record as having donated to the party.
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This is exactly where I disagree. I will give minimal credit for finally releasing the information, but lets be reasonable. She released this for one reason and one reason only; this is going to be a nasty campaign (her party tried to start attack ads 6 months ago) and she is trying to patch holes before someone calls her on it.
In the mayoral race here in a campaign I worked on we made it clear to donors that we were going to disclose their information. If they weren't comfortable with their name being released they could either donate less than $100 or not donate. People are generally fine with that.
I'll also note that there are a lot of companies who donate to more than one party with no repercussions at all. That line of people were concerned about intimidation is pretty weak IMO. Its not like no one has ever done this before; its commonplace both at a provincial and federal level.