Election Reform Plan Not Enough
By Royson James, The Toronto Star, November 27 2009
Hallelujah! Corporate and union donations are just a step away from being banned from Toronto elections – and just in time for the anticipated titanic mayoral race of 2010. That means, if George Smitherman and John Tory want to spend $1 million each to solicit your vote for mayor, they must depend on individual donations of no more than $750 per person – not the influence-peddling contributions of corporations, which cumulatively can amount to tens of thousands.
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www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/730987--election-reform-plan-not-enough
Link to the cited article by Robert MacDermid:
www.socialjustice.org/index.php?page=funding-city-politics-municipal-campaign-funding-and-property-development-in-the-greater-toronto-area
