The Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Joy of Political Giving: punch in the bake...
It’s always interesting to see who gives to political parties. The province’s chief electoral office quietly released the 2010 summary of political donations by individuals and corporations....
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Construction, design and engineering companies gave the provincial Conservatives $239,725 in political donations in 2010, according to figures from the province’s chief electoral office. Companies in...
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The single biggest political donation, bar none in 2010 did not come from any private sector business. It came from the United Steelworkers of America (Toronto, On). $20,000. That’s from the most...
View ArticleThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Follow the money: political finance edition #nlpoli
If you have eyes, be prepared to have them popped by labradore’s latest comparison of party financing. He looks at the pattern of corporate political donations in metro Halifax and metro St. John’s...
View ArticleThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Party Political Finance: much more to read...
The Telegram took a very light look on Saturday at the most recent figures on political contributions released by the provincial elections office a couple of months ago. For some reason, the Telly...
View ArticleThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Thy Redeemer Liveth #nlpoli
Tuckamore Capital made a single political donation during the 2011 general election. The company gave $1500 to Keith Hutchings, who ran for the Conservatives in Ferryland. Dean MacDonald is president...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: Despite a lot of distraction, illegal political donations...
Political culture in Alberta? Maybe not exactly as illustrated, but it’s still a problem for the Redford Government if Albertans see it that way. Below: O. Brian Fjeldheim. OK, we’re all enjoying a...
View ArticleThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Lead by Example #nlpoli
Dwight Ball is the leader of the Liberal Party. He now has a chance to lead by example when it comes to donations for his leadership campaign. Ball told CBC News that he spent somewhere between...
View ArticleThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Following the money: Lawyers giving back #nlpoli
When Nalcor needs a bunch of Quebec lawyers, one of the firms they go to is Fasken Martineau. Nalcor has been relying on FM for lots of things over the years, including the infamous series of appeals...
View ArticleThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Non-voters and Influence #nlpoli
There is a new scourge among us. An evil that causes “problems”. Russell Wangersky found them and wrote about them this past weekend. They are the people who do not vote. (Read more…)
View ArticleThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Duff in the Hole #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Dwight Ball’s announcement last week about Liberal Party funding was a good example of how relatively simple mistakes can turn a good-news announcement into a major public relations problem. Another...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: Perfesser Dave explains ethics in lobbying and how to...
VICTORIA, B.C. Some stories are just too confusing for ordinary bloggers to explain. That’s when we turn to the expert knowledge offered by such distinguished academics as Perfesser Dave, The Answer...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: Wildrose Party wins the second-quarter fund-raising...
PHOTOS: Wildrose Party Leader Brian Jean has every right to smile about the party’s second-quarter fund-raising results. The question is: Can they be sustained? (Photo grabbed from Wildrose.ca.) Below:...
View ArticleThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Duff in the hole encore #nlpoli
Oh dear. The CBC has gone off to the mainland to get Duff Conacher to make a comment about the need for political finance reform in Newfoundland and Labrador. Three observations: 1. There is a...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: NDP leads UCP in 2020 fund-raising totals, significantly in...
Alberta’s Opposition New Democratic Party noticeably out-raised the United Conservative Party in the fourth quarter of 2020, $2.3 million to $1.9 million, according to figures released yesterday by...
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