No majority government, least of all the ethically-sketchy Trudeau Liberals, would pass a law restricting election campaign spending unless there was a fix in the mix.
Otherwise, what would be the purpose? Certainly not fairness in politics, a fabricated ideal that does not mesh with the reality of negative ads, day-to-day smears, election chicanery and the dirty tricks and strategies concocted in the “war rooms” of each political party.
On the eve of Canada Day, Bill C-76 officially kicked in, a new law that the majority of Canadians celebrating the country’s 152nd birthday likely wouldn’t know about and probably wouldn’t give a damn either.
But it’s a big deal in the political backrooms.
This legislation, passed by the Liberals in December, caps spending of all registered parties leading up to the actual campaign at $2 million and $1 million for registered third parties.
But here’s the thing.
Up until the writ actually drops for the Oct. 21 election, and the call for that is entirely up to the Liberals, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and each and every member of his cabinet can fly back-and-forth across the country selling the party’s election platform like snake oil, and do it all on the taxpayers’ dime — the travel, the accommodations, and the expenses.
With Parliament a distant memory, it’s pretend governance.
The other parties, meanwhile, have to suck and blow.
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