Conservatives raised more money than any other party since start of 2015, drawing $68.4-million: Elections Canada statistics

But the Conservatives spent more than the Liberals and New Democrats combined on fundraising expenses in 2015 and 2016, collectively dropping $15.72-million during those years to entice donations. 
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, former Senator Irving Gerstein, chair of the Conservative Party's fundraising arm, and former prime minister Stephen Harper, who was appointed to the fund’s six-member board in 2017. A Hill Times study of Elections Canada numbers show the Conservatives raised more money than any other party between 2015 and 2017. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and file photographs
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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI
February 12, 2018
The federal Conservatives’ well-oiled fundraising machine repeatedly outpaced its rivals over the past three years, drumming up more than $66-million in direct party donations alone, despite losing power and being relegated to the opposition ranks, a 

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