Conservatives had big advantage on party spending between election campaigns

The line between what can be 'front-ended' and the official campaign period is fuzzy in lots of places. It appears that all the major parties try to get their training done before the start of the campaign.

Between 2004 and the second quarter of 2008, the Conservative Party of Canada raised $72.9-million from donations—compared to $28.4-million by the Liberal Party. However, there was little difference in the total for the quarterly subsidies (courtesy of Jean Chrétien who pushed them...

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