Liberals’ small-donor army slays Conservatives’ $28M fundraising behemoth, but Tory donors not likely to surrender, say strategists

Despite raising less than half of the Conservatives' first-quarter fundraising total, the Liberals were buoyed to a party-best of $13.7-million with more than 90 per cent of donors giving less than $200.
The Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre, centre, had another massive first-quarter fundraising total, but their war chest was outnumbered by the Liberals' haul from small donors led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, as the NDP under Jagmeet Singh lagged behind.

The Conservative Party’s unprecedented fundraising haul in the first 90 days of 2025—raising more than two-thirds of last year’s historic total in a single quarter—isn’t expected to fall off despite the party’s election loss as loyal supporters’ motivation to â...

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