Liberals’ pre-Summit fundraiser rakes in big bucks, but ‘difficult optics’ may not be worth price of admission: observers

The 'impressive' estimated fundraising haul of more than $841,000 makes it hard to argue tactics, but public view of transparency and 'cash for access' concerns have a higher standard than the legal threshold, says Liberal strategist Dan Arnold.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, at Politics and the Pen in Ottawa on April 29. More than 400 Liberal donors dished out $1,775 each to spend an 'Evening with Mark Carney' on Sept. 13, inside the Liberty Grand's Governor's Ballroom in Toronto.

On the eve of last week's Canada Investment Summit where the prime minister courted investors for over $1-trillion in Canadian project development, the Liberal Party and several Toronto-area MPs hosted an "Evening with Mark Carney" alongside hundreds of top-dollar donors, ra...

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