[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by First Lady

This is a fine example of walking a very thin line on the legal aspect.

The limit per person or corporation is $30,000.00. So one could "gift" 30K to each of their children and they in turn donate; or a Corp can pay dividends and employees donate in their own names.

Laws broken; no. Morally questionable; yes.

In the Katz case, as I understand it, it was one cheque.... which should raise eyebrows, questions and alarm bells.

Should it?
First of all, what was going on was totally legal.
Everyone knows what was going on, and no one in any sort of postion of authority is making a stink about it (Including Electsions Alberta), so it's obviously not illegal.

Secondly, I think putting it in as one cheque is preferable to keeping it secret and just having a dozen $30k cheques showing up. That to me would indicate someone is trying to hide a donation. Writing one cheque is about as transparent as things get. Katz is basicly explicitly stating that there is a loophole and he's using it to make a very large donation.
Everything is legal, honest, and transparent. How does that raise eyebrows, questions, or alarm bells?