Liberals Trail Tories in Fundraising

From today’s Toronto Star:

“Elections Canada reported that while the Conservatives managed to raise $2.6 million in donations during the first quarter of this year, drawn from many donors, the governing Liberals raised only $1.7 million, relying on fewer, but larger donors. Critics say this shows the Liberals have not fully managed to adapt to the new fundraising laws, which set strict limits on corporate and large donations”

Er, well, that’s one way of putting it. One of the Liberals’ guilty secrets has long been that they receive more of their funding from big corporate donors than the Conservatives do. So they are disadvantaged by the new rules that limit corporate donations.

The Liberals, after all is said and done, are the party of big business.