Election Spending
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What Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo’s highest officials spent during election campaignsThe votes have long since been tallied for last year’s municipal election but the deadline just recently passed for the winners and losers to submit their campaign expenses.PoliticsApr 4, 2023
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Judge upholds Ontario rules limiting third-party election advertising spendingOntario Superior Court Justice Ed Morgan found, however, that the rules meet the legal requirement to allow for broad and egalitarian participation in the campaign.CanadaDec 8, 2021
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Elections Canada announces campaign spending cap of about $30M for three big partiesThe spending limits are based on the length of the voter list in each riding as well as the number of ridings where respective parties have endorsed a candidate.CanadaSep 3, 2021
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With no fixed voting day, no election spending rules constrain political party adsUltimately it's up to the party leaders to decide what's ethical, and what voters will think is acceptable behaviour, one expert said.CanadaJul 10, 2021
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Union accused by Manitoba Tories of breaking election limits files financialsA Manitoba union accused by the governing Progressive Conservative party of breaking an election advertising limit has filed paperwork that says its spending was well within the law.PoliticsDec 13, 2019
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Halifax ranks eighth for federal spending commitments in Canada under TrudeauThe riding currently ranks eighth out of 338 in Canada for its overall number of federal funding commitments – 166 in total as of Sept. 3.PoliticsSep 3, 2019
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Manitoba Tories accuse Unifor of excess election spending, union deniesManitoba Progressive Conservatives are accusing a union of breaking the spending limits for third parties in the provincial election, but the union says the accusation is false.PoliticsAug 23, 2019
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New pre-election spending rules seem designed to benefit incumbent LiberalsThe Liberals believe political messaging should be limited during the pre-writ period, yet they are essentially in campaign mode themselves, Rob Breakenridge says.CommentaryJul 6, 2019
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Parts of Alberta’s economy reaping rewards of general election spendingThe ongoing Alberta general election campaign has given a boost to parts of the province's economy, with millions of dollars in spending expected by the parties, candidates and third parties.PoliticsApr 1, 2019
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Nenshi campaign records a financial deficit after 2017 electionPolitical scientists say more donors making smaller donations suggests a broader base of support compared to somebody who has fewer donors who donated more individually.MoneyMar 2, 2018
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