Liberals encouraging "secret" donations?
What's this? And the Liberals accuse US of trying to keep things secret. This little "PS" was enclosed at the end of a fund raising e-mail they recently sent out... ironically, immediately after they accuse US of being "deceitful".
UPDATE: CBC's Kady O'Malley points out that the Liberal's Adam Smith may not be quite as clever as he thinks he is...
Adam SmithExcuse me? Advising their membership on how to "hide" their donations from Elections Canada? What's next, BROWN PAPER BAGS???
National Director, National Liberal Fund
Liberal Party of Canada
PS. Political donations under $200 annually are reported to Elections Canada anonymously.
To contact the Liberal Party of Canada, please reply to this email. Our mailing address: 81 Metcalfe street, suite 400 Ottawa ON K1P 6M8.
UPDATE: CBC's Kady O'Malley points out that the Liberal's Adam Smith may not be quite as clever as he thinks he is...
Labels: Liberals, Sponsorship
posted by Christian Conservative @ 11:00 a.m.
6 Comments:
At Tue May 04, 12:10:00 p.m. EDT,
Bert said…
They forgot to add, "Use a brown paper ba... Envelope to send in your donations.
At Tue May 04, 12:12:00 p.m. EDT,
The_Iceman said…
The Liberals are quite desperate for money. I expect them to pull out all the stops.
At Tue May 04, 09:15:00 p.m. EDT,
Anon1152 said…
What Kady O'Malley points to is fairly specific. It refers to donations of $20 or less collected anonymously.
Nothing on the page O'Malley links to shows that Adam Smith [the Liberal] was wrong.
Elsewhere the elections Canada website suggests that contributions of $200 or less will not be reported:
Contributions totalling more than $200 made to nomination contestants will be reported and become a matter of public record if the contestant receives contributions of $1,000 or more, or incurs expenses of $1,000 or more. Financial reports include the name and address of each contributor, the total amount, the amount of each contribution and the date it was received. (See midway down the page under the heading: "Disclosure")
Also, I think your brown paper bags analogy is a tad unfair. What is at issue in the donations case is individual privacy regarding a legitimate transaction--not an illegitimate or illegal transaction.
I make purchases all the time that I would not want publicized. I don't think I'd want any of my purchases publicized. Especially around Christmastime, birthdays, etc. But I digress.
I'm sure there are purchases that you would not want publicly available to almost anyone on the planet.
That's not to say that I am against the sorts of disclosure rules we have. I think they are important. But I'd hate to have my name on the internet so that people could make something of how much I contributed to who and when. (Whether it has been legitimate or not, the Conservative party has been known for its attempts to discredit people by association).
At Wed May 05, 09:47:00 a.m. EDT,
Christian Conservative said…
Anonymous said:
"Where is FOX News?? This should be front-page headline screaming material all over the country-- "LIBERAL PARTY STILL ADVOCATING SECRET FUNDRAISING AGENDA".
Our MSM will either ignore it as always,or spin it into ant-Con garbage. TGM
Liberal=Hypocrite."
Hey Anon, just so you know, I don't publish comments with modifications of blasphemous words either. ;-)
At Wed May 05, 12:23:00 p.m. EDT,
Christian Prophet said…
Ultimately liberals have to resort to force. See the article: "Liberal Progressive Muggers."
http://constitutionparti.blogspot.com/
At Wed May 05, 09:25:00 p.m. EDT,
Ally D said…
Update to your update: Kady O'Malley admits Adam Smith is just as clever as he thinks he is....ish.
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