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Originally Posted by Makarov
Interesting. Do you have a source for this?
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I am looking for it now.
So far, the rules changed in 2003 to limit personal contributions to $5000 a year and corporate/union contributions to $1000. It also introduced the vote subsidy that gives parties a fixed amount per vote received.
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The legislation was rooted in the belief that the primary source for contributions to political parties and candidates should be individuals giving relatively small amounts, as opposed to larger donations. The new regulations, therefore, stipulated that each elector could contribute up to a total of $5,000 a year to the electoral district associations, nomination contestants and candidates of a registered political party, while donations to these entities from corporations and trade unions were limited to $1,000. Furthermore, while individuals could contribute directly to the registered party, corporations and unions could not. To police the new rules, the act also stipulated that candidates and parties should disclose contribution information within a set period of time after an election, and leadership contestants should do so during and after a leadership contest.
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source:
http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx...t=chap4&lang=e
I will find the results of the new rules and put them in a separate post.