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A representative of a coalition of construction companies and anti-union contractors lobbied Premier Alison Redford by linking large political donations to Redford and to the provincial Conservative party with political promises to revise Alberta’s labour code, according to documents obtained through Freedom of Information.

“In my opinion, they are essentially saying, ‘Our donations are given in return for government action on specific issues,’” said Duff Conacher, founder of Democracy Watch, an Ottawa-based watchdog group.

“They are saying their donations are connected to those actions, and dependent on those actions,” said Conacher, who is also an adjunct law professor at the University of Toronto. “And that, I think, in my opinion, crosses the line in the Criminal Code bribery provisions.”

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...-promises.html

Always nice. What is this, the US?