Election Financing
The Canadian taxpayer continues to fund Quebec separatism
The Q4 numbers were released today detailing the allowances given to the four federal parties funded by the federal treasury. The allowances are calculated via…
Election Financing
19 posts on Election Financing from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
Election Financing
Victory in the in-and-out saga. Federal court rules for CPC.
In a decision that is certain to rattle Marc Mayrand at Elections Canada, the Liberals which prosecuted “trials” of Conservative election financing in…
New Democratic Party of Canada
Nova Scotia NDP scandal and who knew what when?
Nova Scotia is electing a government next week and you may know that the Nova Scotia NDP has a competitive shot at forming the next government in that…
Liberal Party of Canada
Bob Rae wants his friends in the media to know
that if they want to contact him during the election for their stories, they can contact him at his taxpayer-funded email address that has the advantage of not…
Election Financing
Complaint of Garth Turner’s trust fund forwarded to Elections Canada
About a year ago, I wrote of Liberal MP Garth Turner collecting money in a unconventional way. Garth Turner was asking contributers via his website to donate…
Election Financing
Daniel Hurley billed taxpayers for past election-related expenses
Daniel Hurley is the candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in Winnipeg Centre. From Hurley’s biography, Dan Hurley also has extensive parliamentary and…
Election Financing
That carbonzero logo raises some questions
Here’s a picture of Liberal leader Stephane Dion’s plane: Allow me to draw your attention to the “carbonzero” logo that is displayed on the fuselage. What is…
Stephen Harper
“Tough talk” from Dion, until the headline question comes up
Today, Stephane Dion held a press conference in the National Press Theatre in Ottawa to address recent comments by the Prime Minister regarding the dysfunction…
Elections
CH panel: Fall election?
Today I was on a panel with Mike Crawley, the President of the Ontario wing of the Liberal Party of Canada and with Wayne Marston, NDP MP from Hamilton…