campaign financing
Naheed Nenshi vs. Six-Million Dollar Man
Colby Cosh on the latest chapter in a Calgary drama
Careful what you wish for, Prof. Mendes
Colby Cosh on how we might as well go ahead and hold the funeral if democracy is so easily buyable
The charges
Elections Canada has now issued a short statement, including the official charges.
In the balance
Errol Mendes figures the vote subsidy is part of a delicate balance.
Ted Menzies talks (about wanting your money)
The Conservatives have launched a feature on their website called “Canada Talks.” So far the conversation one might expect from a title like that mostly involves newly minted minister of state Ted Menzies looking off camera and reading a series of exhortations to donate money to the Conservative party, while tinkly music plays in the background.
The case for the vote subsidy
Michael Ignatieff and Jack Layton argue in favour of the $2 per vote party subsidy.
The In-and-Out election
The 2006 election campaign that brought Stephen Harper to power on a promise of new accountability continues to raise questions of accounting.