Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 12 hours agoFederal Liberals to announce new leader on March 9www.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-linkFederal Liberals to announce new leader on March 9www.cbc.caSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squarexmunklinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·11 hours agoFucking hell… 350k - they really want to make sure it’s limited to the most centrist options don’t they. Also, as always, Fuck Christy Clark.
minus-squareBlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 hours agoI mean if you can’t raise that amount to join the race, you’re going to have a hard time raising enough for the actual election.
minus-squareHellsBellelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-211 hours agoI hate that Canada now allows third-party donations (exactly like America’s super pacs) and we only regulate "contributions provided for the purpose of regulated activities (ie: partisan activities, election surveys, partisan advertising and election advertising). And there is no limit on how much people/corps can contribute to third parties.
minus-squareHellsBellelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoElection’s Canada website doesn’t give an exact date. It only has dates for when the Elections Expenses Act was updated, changed, or the courts struck down changes. https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=vot&dir=bkg&document=anni&lang=e
Fucking hell… 350k - they really want to make sure it’s limited to the most centrist options don’t they.
Also, as always, Fuck Christy Clark.
I mean if you can’t raise that amount to join the race, you’re going to have a hard time raising enough for the actual election.
I hate that Canada now allows third-party donations (exactly like America’s super pacs) and we only regulate "contributions provided for the purpose of regulated activities (ie: partisan activities, election surveys, partisan advertising and election advertising).
And there is no limit on how much people/corps can contribute to third parties.
When was that introduced?
Election’s Canada website doesn’t give an exact date. It only has dates for when the Elections Expenses Act was updated, changed, or the courts struck down changes.
https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=vot&dir=bkg&document=anni&lang=e