I vote, I don't donate. There was a time not so long ago that tax dollars went to political parties based on the popular vote that each party received at election time. The reasoning behind the policy was to hopefully have a balance between public party support while limiting the corporate control over any one political party.
Stephen Harper put an end to that practice. Now we have a political party that is, while in control of the country, is out of control morally.
Lobbying is strictly controlled so that there may be some semblance of transparency yet we have a senator who is sitting on the board of various corporations, being paid both a salary and expenses by the corporations, while billing the taxpayer for their expense. Then claims their home as being outside Ottawa while claiming they reside in Ottawa on their corporate expenses.
This is not just morally corrupt it is a typical Conservative means of circumventing the lobbying rules while filling their pockets at voter expense.
The PMO admitted to a secretive discretionary account that was under Nigel Wrights control then 3 days later the PMO starts denying its existence and claims that the Prime Minister from time to time performs certain functions that taxpayers should not have to foot the bill for.
We, the people of Canada, are not allowed to know what those "functions" are.
The problem I have with that fairy tale, and all donors and taxpayers should have, is "why is there no accounting of where this money is spent"? The account is outside the control of "Elections Canada" and therefore no information is available to donors or the people.
My money has always been spent at my discretion however I always had to account for it either with my wife, my employer or with the government.... why does Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party feel they are above being morally and ethically responsible to Canadians?
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