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Prime Minister Stephen Harper, fresh off his majority win in the recent Federal election announced the other day his governments intention to move ahead with the scrapping of the controversial $2 buck a vote political party vote subsidy.



“Political parties need to take some responsibility in raising their own money,” Harper said...

The controversial per-vote subsidy was first introduced by former PM Jean Chrétien in 2004. A move in response to (at the time) new limits placed on political party contributions (aka - vote buying).

The Tories have long had an issue with the subsidy and as a party strong in grass-roots fundraising (as opposed to the Liberals, who rely heavily on Corporate donations and such), they are moving swiftly on this issue, confirmed recently by Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.

Should be interesting.