Funding Cuts Back on the Table
Remember that stupid thing Harper tried to do in late 2008 the precipitated a huge crisis and almost cost him his government? Yeah, he just ordered his minister to try and push for it again.
Fletcher -- the minister of state for democratic reform -- has been talking about gearing up to take on the vote tax again. He has indicated it is something his government still plans to pursue.
"We believe that political parties should support themselves with people who voluntarily donate to whichever party they wish to support," said Fletcher.
Last November, you might remember, Conservative plans to cut off the per-vote subsidy which parties get led to a near meltdown of Parliament. The opposition parties accused the government of trying to use the threat of a recession to kill off its opponents by bankrupting them. Then the Liberals, NDP and Bloc banded together to form a coalition and were prepared to vote down the government and take over.
This will end well no doubt.
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Actually, the ending looks to me to be entirely predictable: relying on their fund-raising returns from earlier this year, the Libs will go along with the Cons' plan out of a combination of their usual weakness and the hope that it'll help reduce the relative impact of the NDP and Bloc.
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