Federal government needs new rules for election spending
Running for Parliament is cheap business, says W.T. Stanbury who provides low-down from 2000 federal election and finds that the net cost of running for Parliament is a pittance compared to the U.S.
A famous American politician observed that, "Money is the mother's milk of politics." In Canada, however, great pains have been taken to limit outlays by parties, candidates, and now "third parties," in federal election campaigns as a means of reducing the influence of money on elections.
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