Liberal Party Contributors: More Stones Turned

Updating this post from January 10th, Pol:Spy notices;

You’ll be happy to know that a portion of the money you donate to the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) is being used to directly support the most chronically mentally ill people in this country. That’s right, in 2003 the CMHA of Edmonton donated $255.52 to the Liberal Party of Canada .
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Don’t expect the Canadian media to pick up on this story anytime soon.

Eh, probably not. Let’s go back to the Elections Canada search page… enter the word “media” into the search box…. or narrow the search to CanWest or Bell Globemedia. No surprises there.
Approaching the story from a different angle, Brock has spreadsheets and nifty charts of the top dollar contributors to the Liberal and Conservative 2004 campaigns. One could say that the “federal government” support for Bombardier has not gone unappreciated.

5 Replies to “Liberal Party Contributors: More Stones Turned”

  1. Interesting…
    Magna International is on the record as giving $413,745.08 to the CPC in all of its iternations — that’s no surprise. What surprises me is that they have also thrown $177,163.07 at the Libs. I wonder why they feel the need to buy them off?

  2. Now try Ford, GM, and Chrysler. You’ll notice the balance of the money goes to the Libs, especially with Chrysler.

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