It’s ‘transparency, not obstruction,’ says Green Leader May, as critics call out feds’ bill for reversing Trudeau-era fundraising rules

Presented as a 'security measure,' Bill C-25 would scrap rules requiring parties to release advance notices for fundraising events and disclose the events’ locations, in what one critic says creates an 'after-the-fact model of oversight.'
Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon tabled Bill C-25, the Strong and Free Elections Act, on March 25.

A government bill that could quietly weaken fundraising disclosure rules for political parties is a step “in the wrong direction,” critics warn as the government defends the move as a privacy and safety measure. 

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