[John Doe]

Originally Posted by Jacks

Here's what you said.

From that I thought that you meant that Harper said that he started the campaign now in order to save taxpayer's money.

Again, I never intended to say that those were his exact words. I did intend to say (in my own words) that was what he was implying.

He said this:

“As it my intention to begin campaign-related activities and it is also the case for the other party leaders, it’s important that these campaigns be funded by the parties themselves, rather than taxpayers,” the Conservative leader said.

I took this to mean that he was having the parties pay for the campaigns rather than the taxpayers, thus saving the taxpayers money, even though he didn't say those exact words.

He also said this:

“I feel very strongly that if we’re going to begin our campaigns, if we’re going to run our campaigns, those campaigns need to be conducted under the rules of the law, that the money come from the parties themselves not government resources, parliamentary resources or taxpayer resources,” he said.

I took this to mean that the money was not coming from taxpayers resources, thus saving the taxpayers money, even though he didn't say those exact words.

He also said this:

The call, he added, was about making sure all parties are “operating within the rules and not using taxpayers’ money directly.”

I took this to mean that Harper was saying that the money was not coming directly from taxpayers, thus implying that they were saving the taxpayers money, even though he didn't say those exact words.

Hopefully this post (along with my edited clarification of the two offending earlier posts and later clarifying posts) is sufficient to satisfy you that I did not mean to imply that Harper used the exact words that I used.

More importantly to me, what do you think about what he did say? If you have a different interpretation of what he said would you be so kind as to share it with me?