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Originally Posted by Slava
I really don't know, so let me ask: was this grandfathered only for the PC's or was it for everyone and only applied to the PC's? That's the main question IMO.
Let me just say point blank that if it was outlawed for everyone except the PC's then I think it's totally wrong. If any party could've taken advantage of this but didn't, then how can you fault the PC's?
This doesn't change my view that the electoral finance act needs to be rewritten. I think that there are too many loopholes and issues waiting for exploitation in general.
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There is more than that though. Did they wait for a moment when they had a ton of cash in their trust and then make all future contributions illegal?
As well, they are the ones who decided that the funds were not a good idea and proceeded to ban them going forward. So the PC party banned something that they use but it is okay because they were grandfathered in.
Either the funds are wrong and no one should have one or the funds are not wrong and everyone should have the option of having one. They can't stand up and make a law banning them while continuing to use them and tell everyone that it is okay.