I have drawn the ire of some
of those “True/Real” Liberals again.
Calling it as you see it has
never been viewed as a redeeming quality with the kool-aid drinking crowd. I
supposed political idolatry is an occupational hazard of most hyper-partisan
sheep.
With the Liberals on the
march, suggesting that all five leadership candidates should commit to disclose
a complete list and dollar amount of all contributions received during the
campaign is anti-liberal.
That I am an instrument of the PC Party. The
tories would grin at that! As one person suggested to me, you are going to be
out in the cold when your tory buddies get booted out!
I think it is totally
unacceptable and strategically a blunder that the Liberal Party did not put a spending
cap in place. I think it was equally unwise not to require candidates to
publicly disclose all gifts and donations.
In defense of the party, I
suppose it might be a reflection of the disarray the party has been under in
opposition. A year ago who would have predicted that there would be five
credible candidates vying for the leadership, some of them spending hundreds of
thousands of dollars.
In light of the public
distain for Bill 29, it looks very hypocritical to not lead by example and be
transparent and accountable to the last nickel. The secret unlimited donations
of money, services and property should be relegated to the trash bin of pork
barrel politics. There should also be tight limits on how much candidates can spend.
The public has a right to
know who is getting what from whom. I think rules or no rules, the candidates
should disclose their contributors and contributions prior to leadership vote.
I’ll take it a step further
and suggest that they have a significant moral requirement to do so.
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