Using the same information filed with Elections Canada that I used to summarize the candidates’ revenue and expenses, I’ve prepared a spreadsheet showing contributions by individuals and corporations to the 2006 Federal Election campaign. I’ve sorted the sheet in decreasing order of contribution, and colour-coded it by party.
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A couple of observations:1)
A couple of observations:
1) Cindy Harris (wife of Pat Dorsey, former Binns aid) donated money to the Conservative candidate yet she works for Elections Canada - somebody may want to see if this follows election protocol?
2) Michelle Murphy is a sitting judge yet she partakes in furthering political ambitions which is a ‘no-no’ (Judge Wayne Chevrie used his wife Terri to donate to Liberals, which is a very slippery slope- especially for a judge)
3) A promininet island developer and high profile provincial Liberal who has received huge federal Liberal grants donated to Conservative Tom DeBlois personally and as a corporation and NOT to Liberal Shaun Murphy - perhaps hedging bets or sending a message?
4) Fairly slim contributions from local law firms/lawyers as they opt to ‘pork barrel’ for Provincial politics and provincial legal work by donating $ to lcoal MLA’s
5) MP Shaun Murphy’s wife (Yvette) donated to her husband twice via a numbered company as did his brother Kevin through a numbered company. So much for accountability and transparency.
Thank you for your efforts in putting the list together - it’s great work. Others probably have similar, if not more interesting, insights.
I didn’t include the dates of
I didn’t include the dates of donations in the spreadsheet (you can get them from the original Elections Canada data). When there are two donations from a single individual, it may be that these donations, while contributing to the same election, happened in two different tax years (likely in this case as the election was in January).
Perhaps it’s an election that
Perhaps it’s an election that merits another set of 84 Fitzroy Street in-person sessions?
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