In the past, Stephen Harper has declined to provide a full list of the individuals and corporations who donated to his leadership campaigns.
He has argued that he has met requirements of the letter of the law and should not provide any further information.
At one point he suggested some of his donors did work with the government, and were afraid of reprisals. Besides, it was argued, Stephen Harper was not in government - so what did it matter? How could he provide preferential treatment?
Now Stephen Harper is Prime Minister.
He just appointed the Co-Chair of his leadership campaign to the Senate (where we he will not have to answer questions in a televised House of Commons) and as Minister of Public Works and Government Services (PWGSC).
In plain english: The guy who ran his leadership campaign now has the final say on who gets what government contract.
Paul Martin released his donor list. CSL and Earnscliffe contracts were made public.
Stand up for Canada and hand'em over, Stephen.
No more dodging the question.
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Interesting bit of fun.
Go to Elections Canada list of campaign contributions for the June 28th 2004 general election.
Under the key word search for "contributor's keyword" enter NOT REQUIRED.
Only one candidate's name will appear. Can you guess who it is...?
UPDATE: The link above doesn't seem to want to translate. You'll have to go to Elections Canada and worm your way through the Election Financing button, and then on to the June 28th 2004 election.....
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Umm, yeah, you mean the list he fully disclosed when he ran for the leadership of the Conservative party or the one he hasn't disclosed when he won the leadership of the Alliance party? That's right, you want the Alliance one, did you even know that or were your parrot word so much thoughtless fluff? And the rules were different when he won the Alliance leadership, but now you want retroactive disclosure? Get a life!
Guess what? They pulled that info. The page no longer works. Now what's THAT about?
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