![]() ![]() If the Liberals are ethically blameless in this affair, then they have nothing to lose. A newly elected prime minister surfing a wave of hope and change might even decline to embrace that government’s leader at Queen’s Park, as Justin Trudeau did Tuesday - that’s assuming the three continuing police investigations into that government hadn’t already made her a dodgy asset.Ī normal government would institute reasonable limits on corporate and union donations and third-party advertising. What the hell good is a left-of-centre party if it welcomes corporate donations?Ī normal government operating under the normal rules of politics would be sweating about these union payoffs. It’s a perfect illustration of just how fraudulent her party’s touchy-feely progressivism really is. Stephen Harper has received about as much credit for strengthening those rules as Wynne has received criticism for allowing Ontario’s Wild West election financing to continue. Third-party donation and advertising rules would prohibit it. ![]() And suppose then that a re-elected Conservative government had unveiled, as a first order of business, the Oil Patch Action Plan - a massive suite of subsidies and grants to help our beleaguered oilmen and oilwomen weather the price collapse.Ĭanadians would be royally miffed, and rightly so. ![]() Suppose that during the election campaign, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers had flooded the airwaves with dire warnings of oilpatch poverty and thwarted pipeline projects should the Liberals or New Democrats take power, and donated generously to the Conservatives. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]()
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