Why COVID hasn’t stopped political donors

Why, during a time of high economic anxiety, are political parties raking in so much cash? It doesn’t seem rational, does it? There are two explanations, one is mundane, the other’s a little more extraordinary.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Green Party Leader Annamie Paul. I’d suggest that Canadian donors for all political parties were more engaged than normal in the last part of 2020, not because of what was happening here in Canada but because of what was happening south of the border in the U.S., writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

March 15, 2021

OAKVILLE, ONT.—With all the COVID lockdowns slamming Canada’s economy, you’d think political parties would have a hard time raising financial donations. Yet, that doesn’t seem to be the case. Or rather, it wasn’t the case in the final quarter of 2020, a period during which the Conservati...

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