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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
The five federal party leaders debate the election issues in the English language debate.
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
A new election ad from the NDP attacks Stephen Harper’s environmental policies.
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
New NDP election ads target Stephen Harper on the issue of healthcare.
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Saturday, September 6th, 2008
The NDP ’s first television ad of the campaign targets Stephen Harper.
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
The Conservative Party continues to dominate political fundraising in the second quarter of 2008, collecting 65% of the total fundraising dollars, more than all other political parties combined.
The Conservatives are also the only political party to raise more money from their own efforts than from public subsidies.
Contributions to Political Parties
(2008 Q2)
| Conservative |
Liberal | NDP | Green | Bloc | |
| Total number of contributors | 33,833 | 9,556 | 11,941 | 3,184 | 607 |
| Total amount of contributions | $3,525,352 | $912,378 | $711,637 | $213,922 | $36,698 |
| Transfers from registered associations | 0 | $9,556 | $1,095 | $5,249 | $90 |
| Transfers from candidates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Transfers | 0 | $67,158 | $352 | $6,592 | $62 |
| Grand Total | $3,525,352 | $979,536 | $711,732 | $219,171 | $36,851 |
| Average Contribution | $104.20 | $95.48 | $59.59 | $67.19 | $60.45 |
| Percent of Total | 65.3% | 16.9% | 13.2% | 4.0% | 0.7% |
The Liberal Party failed to attract as many donars as the New Democratic Party but received more total donations due to higher average individual contributions.
The NDP continued its recent fundraising success, attracting donations from more people than the Liberal Party, while the Green Party’s donations remained steady.
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(+2 rating, 2 votes) Loading ...Tories receive 69% of political donations, NDP 16%, Liberals 12%
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
According to data released today by Elections Canada, the Conservative Party raised 69% of the money donated to political parties in the first quarter of 2008, a 7 point increase from 62% of the political donations in 2007.
Contributions to Political Parties
(2008 Q1)
| Conservative |
Liberal | NDP | Green | Bloc | |
| Total number of contributors | 44,345 | 10,169 | 13,329 | 4,731 | 463 |
| Total amount of contributions | $4,954,550 | $846,129 | $1,119,648 | $210,963 | $37,006 |
| Transfers from registered associations | 0 | $9,134 | $352 | $6,592 | $65 |
| Transfers from candidates | $268 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total transfers | $268 | $368,249 | $352 | $6,592 | $65 |
| Grand Total | $4,954,818 | $879,927 | $1,119,648 | $217,555 | $37,071 |
| Average contribution | $111.73 | $83.21 | $84.00 | $44.59 | $79.93 |
| Percent of total contributions |
68.7% | 12.2% | 15.5% | 3.0% | 0.5% |
The NDP raised 16% and the Liberal Party raised just 12% of the total political contributions.
For the first time, the NDP outperformed the Liberal Party in both total number of contributors and total contributions, while the Liberal Party fundraising ability continues to implode.
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
The Conservative Party raised more money in 2007 than all the other political parties combined, according to data released by Elections Canada. The Conservatives earned 62% of the fundraising dollars, while the Liberal Party raised 18%.
For the first time, more people donated money to the NDP than to the Liberal Party.
Contributions to Political Parties
(2007, Elections Canada)
| Conservative |
Liberal | NDP | Green | Bloc | |
| Total number of contributors | 159,122 | 35,783 | 53,110 | 12,003 | 5,038 |
| Total amount of contributions | $16,990,766 | $4,537,966 | $3,979,737 | $984,605 | $430,061 |
| Transfers from registered associations | $16,000 | $331,683 | $352 | $21,026 | $33,379 |
| Transfers from candidates | $5,282 | $331,683 | 0 | 0 | $1,855 |
| Total Transfers | $21,282 | $368,249 | $352 | $21,026 | $35,234 |
| Grand Total | $17,012,048 | $4,906,215 | $3,980,089 | $1,005,631 | $465,296 |
| Percent of Total | 62.2% | 17.9% | 14.5% | 3.7% | 1.7% |
The government’s Accountability Act came into effect on January 1, 2007 and imposed new limits on political donations that forbids political donations from corporations, trade unions, associations and other groups.
Now only individual Canadians to contribute, and only up to a limit of $1100 per person, per calendar year to each registered political party.
The new fund raising rules have proven to be a challenge for the Liberal Party whose finances heavily relied on large donations from corporations, trade unions and special interest groups.
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