▲ 31 ▼ Conservatives say they set fundraising record of nearly $48M last year (www.cbc.ca) submitted 9 months ago by TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website to c/canada@lemmy.ca 8 comments fedilink hide all child comments These generous donations from people across the country demonstrate the widespread faith in our Conservative message of hope for a safer, more affordable Canada Yeah I’m pretty sure they’re from the same family, the Kosch one
[–] delial@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 9 months ago (1 child) Because there's no way around that permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) And Canada adopted third-party funding for pre-elections and elections a while back. There are rules but they are lax at best. This third-party funding is almost the equivalent to the American super pacs. Only Canadian citizens or permanent residents and businesses or other organizations that operate in Canada can make contributions to third parties for regulated activities. (So global subsidiaries are not barred from donating). A third party must not use funds from a foreign entity to pay for regulated activities or for advertising that promotes or opposes a political entity at any time. (So foreign entities are not barred from donating) There is no limit on the amount of contributions to third parties. (Self-explanatory). https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=vot&dir=int%2Fpol&document=index&lang=e permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) And Canada adopted third-party funding for pre-elections and elections a while back. There are rules but they are lax at best. This third-party funding is almost the equivalent to the American super pacs. Only Canadian citizens or permanent residents and businesses or other organizations that operate in Canada can make contributions to third parties for regulated activities. (So global subsidiaries are not barred from donating). A third party must not use funds from a foreign entity to pay for regulated activities or for advertising that promotes or opposes a political entity at any time. (So foreign entities are not barred from donating) There is no limit on the amount of contributions to third parties. (Self-explanatory). https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=vot&dir=int%2Fpol&document=index&lang=e permalink fedilink source parent