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Ottawa to cancel party subsidies with next budget

It’s still unclear whether the cut will be phased in

by macleans.ca on Friday, May 20, 2011 4:00pm - 78 Comments

According to a Postmedia News report, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will cut government subsidies to political parties in his upcoming budget. Democratic Reform Minister Tim Uppal says the government was “still finalizing” the details surrounding the program’s cancellation, such as whether parties will be weaned off the subsidies, though an unnamed government official suggested they would be. Political parties currently receive $2 per vote cast in their favour, a program which Prime Minister Stephen Harper campaigned on ending.

National Post

Tags: per-vote subsidy

Anonymous

If only he could have accomplished that before the last election. We probably wouldn’t have Liz May feasting at the public trough today!
Anonymous

If only he could have accomplished that before the last election. We probably wouldn’t have Liz May feasting at the public trough today!

Anonymous

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Anonymous

The biggest hogs are your boys. Half the Conservative Party Re-election Machine are nominal federal employees. Everyone gets to make huge, involuntary donations to the Conservative Party when they pay their taxes.

modster99

This comment doesn’t really make any sense. . .

Anonymous

Ministerial staffers are political flunkies paid for by the federal taxpayer. People who are being paid to do work for the people of Canada are instead working on re-electing the Conservative Party. This happens with every government, and gives the incumbent a huge advantage. Complaining about legitimately elected MPs ‘feasting at the public trough’ is dishonest in the extreme.
Anonymous

Ministerial staffers are political flunkies paid for by the federal taxpayer. People who are being paid to do work for the people of Canada are instead working on re-electing the Conservative Party. This happens with every government, and gives the incumbent a huge advantage. Complaining about legitimately elected MPs ‘feasting at the public trough’ is dishonest in the extreme.
Anonymous

Ministerial staffers are political flunkies paid for by the federal taxpayer. People who are being paid to do work for the people of Canada are instead working on re-electing the Conservative Party. This happens with every government, and gives the incumbent a huge advantage. Complaining about legitimately elected MPs ‘feasting at the public trough’ is dishonest in the extreme.
Anonymous

Ministerial staffers are political flunkies paid for by the federal taxpayer. People who are being paid to do work for the people of Canada are instead working on re-electing the Conservative Party. This happens with every government, and gives the incumbent a huge advantage. Complaining about legitimately elected MPs ‘feasting at the public trough’ is dishonest in the extreme.

modster99

This comment doesn’t really make any sense. . .

Anonymous

The biggest hogs are your boys. Half the Conservative Party Re-election Machine are nominal federal employees. Everyone gets to make huge, involuntary donations to the Conservative Party when they pay their taxes.