NDP removes democracy from Manitoba.

"We're not dealing with the sharpest knives in the drawer on Broadway," Clement said.

Deank wrote:http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/election-financing-sparks-revolt-talk-83868817.html

i couldn;t not comment on this piece of garbage. Thanks alot NDP for making it impossible for many people to run for council.

According to several councillors, this will encourage councillors who wind up fundraising too little to simply not pay the companies who print up election pamphlets or produce election signs.

"You can incur debt, but you can't pay it back? This makes no sense," said Mynarski Coun. Harry Lazarenko

Clement also said the rule could drive campaign fundraising underground and accomplish the precise opposite of the legislation's intent: a brown-envelope exchange of illicit campaign cash.

usedtoliveinstb wrote:This is a good idea. It will force candidates to have a wide array of financing and not depend on their own deep pockets.

JTF wrote:

usedtoliveinstb wrote:This is a good idea. It will force candidates to have a wide array of financing and not depend on their own deep pockets.

A candidate can only give as much as anyone else....to their own campaigns.

Candidates will just have to be very creative in their bookkeeping eh.

JTF wrote:It'll have to be the opposite won't it? Getting $500 worth of signs for $20.00 sorta thing. One will have to keep their expenses down to their fundraising income....but not really *wink wink*.