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Replying to @DavidRayAmos@Kathryn98967631 and 49 others
Methinks the LIEbrano lawyer Greg Byrne should review the documents and CD I gave him and many others in 2004 and his email to me after I got of the Yankee jail N'esy Pas?
https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/01/green-party-broke-27-year-old-nb.html
#nbpoli#cdnpoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/political-party-donations-green-record-breaking-1.5420245
· CBC News· Posted: Jan 09, 2020 5:00 AM AT
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Leader David Coon helped win three seats for the New Brunswick Green Party in the 2018 provincial election. The campaign was fuelled in part by nearly $303,000 in donations — a record for a New Brunswick third party. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
New Brunswick's Green Party flexed its growing fundraising muscle in the province's 2018 election, pulling in more donations than the NDP and People's Alliance combined and closing some of the money gap with Liberals and Progressive Conservatives, new records show.
In a financial disclosure submitted to Elections New Brunswick last month and recently released by the agency, the Greens reported raising $302,749 from donors in 2018, a record for a New Brunswick third party.
The amount was more than double what either the People's Alliance ($124,570) or New Brunswick NDP ($103,109) were able to coax from their own supporters in 2018.
Political scientist Jamie Gillies said that could make a difference as the three compete among themselves in the next election to emerge as the main alternative to the Liberals and PCs.
"If they can take that money and have it work in over 10 ridings, well they're going to hold the balance of power," said Gillies, who teaches at St. Thomas University.
Eighteen supporters gave the Green Party the maximum $3,000 allowed by New Brunswick donation rules, including retired Moncton pathologist Sarah Colwell, who also stood as a candidate in Moncton Southwest.
"A party cannot run without funds. It certainly can't fund candidates and run a campaign without adequate funding," said Colwell about her donation.
"It's important to vote, but if you can support them financially, that's a really important thing to do."
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Former Moncton pathologist Sarah Colwell was one of 18 supporters to donate $3,000, the legal maximum, to the New Brunswick Green Party in 2018. The People's Alliance took in three of that size and the NDP one. (Submitted)
Fredericton resident Margaret Trahms-Coombs also gave the maximum $3,000, a significant increase over the $1,000 she donated in the 2014 election year.
"My familiarity with the party has been growing and ability to donate is growing," she said
"I really believe in their philosophy. I really believe we need to move in that direction."
New Brunswick Green Party fundraising is still well behind the PCs and Liberals, who raised $1.3 million and $1 million in 2018, respectively, but the Greens are closing ground.
Amounts raised by the big two parties were both down in 2018 by a combined 20 per cent from 2014, while Green Party donations more than doubled over the same period.
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Political scientist Jaimie Gillies says the Green Party's ability to raise money will be an important advantage in the competition in the next election with the NDP and People's Alliance to emerge as the main alternative to the Liberals and PCs. (CBC)
Gillies said Green supporters tend to view the party as both an environmental and political organization and a high proportion of affluent urban professionals in that group can afford to finance their convictions.
"It's like a charitable contribution and less like a donation to a political party," he said. "So an environmentalist would happily put their money toward the Green Party because it ticks both [environmental and political] boxes.
"You have a demographic that skews middle class to upper middle class among a lot of the core supporters who are willing to contribute."
The Green Party financial return is the last one to be submitted to Elections New Brunswick from 2018 and arrived six and a half months late.
Political parties were required to file returns by May 31, 2019, but only the PCs met that deadline.
36 Comments
David Raymond Amos
"The Green Party financial return is the last one to be submitted to Elections New Brunswick from 2018 and arrived six and a half months late."
Methinks somebody should wonder why N'esy Pas?
Mike Morton
Fred Brewer
Anyone who says the Greens are a one issue party are either ignorant of the facts or are just parroting the official lines offered by the increasingly nervous Liberals and Conservatives.
David Raymond Amos
Tim Astle
"A Fool and His Money Are Soon Parted"
David Raymond Amos
Lou Bell
Libs will most likely be well below the million dollar mark by the end of 2019. Dropping like flies ! That underhanded 110 million dollar giveaway plan has done them in .
Lou Bell
Reply to @Dan Lee: And which provincial party did Harper run for again ? Err Huh ??
Jonas Smith
The first step in being owned, NB's political parties should really be funded by public money based on popular vote received. If donations are to be kept, the threshold should be lowered to 500$ max.
David Raymond Amos
Mack Leigh
Oh , the Watermelon Party, green on the outside and pure, pure red on the inside..SANB loves, loves, loves the Green Party. Could it be that the SANB and the Francophone Elite are now hedging their bets ?
Fred Brewer
The next election will shock those that think the Greens are irrelevant. NEWS FLASH: it is the Liberals and Conservatives who are rapidly becoming irrelevant because they refuse to do anything for the environment and continue to operate in back rooms.
David Raymond Amos
McKenzie King
One issue parties are more of a problem than a solution. Modern governments have to be many-faceted, and one issue parties have always struggled with this.
Marguerite Deschamps
Gerry Ferguson
yuppie party
David Raymond Amos
Matt Steele
The Greens may be raising money , but they seem to have a lot of internal problems and infighting going on within their three MLAs , and can't seem to get anything done . They seem to be pretty much irrelevant and ineffective on the N.B. political scene .
Marguerite Deschamps
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/kim-poffenroth-financial-returns-liberals-greens-1.5339011
· CBC News· Posted: Oct 29, 2019 6:00 AM AT
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New Brunswick's Chief Electoral Officer, Kimberly Poffenroth, is withholding quarterly payments to the Liberals and Greens after the parties failed to submit financial returns. (Jon Collicott/CBC)
New Brunswick's chief electoral officer has begun turning financial screws on the provincial Liberal and Green parties for broadly missing the deadline to disclose their donation and expense information to the public from last year's election.
"I have a number of duties that are imposed on me," said Kimberly Poffenroth, who also holds the position of supervisor of political financing .
"It's not possible for me to fill those obligations if political parties don't comply with their obligations to file timely and complete financial returns."
Poffenroth informed both parties in a letter earlier this month they will not be getting their latest quarterly installment of public financing until they submit valid financial returns from 2018, which were legally due months ago.
The NDP also received the letter but has since filed its return.
Provincial Liberals were scheduled to receive $60,299 this month in a quarterly public financing payment based on their 2018 election vote total, with the Green party entitled to $20,231.25. But Poffenroth said she will hold the money at least until the end of the quarter on Dec. 31 unless the parties file their complete financial statements before then.
"I advised the parties whose returns are outstanding that I would not be authorising the payment on their annual allowance until I received their annual return for 2018," said Poffenroth.
Party returns are a key element of political transparency across Canada, offering the public a window into how parties raise and spend money and who their major donors are.
New Brunswick legislation requires all parties to file audited financial statements for each calendar year disclosing all important information, including donations, debts and expenses "no later than May 31 of the following year."
That date was originally April 1 but loosened to May 31 by the Legislature in 2017 to give parties more time to comply with the law.
It didn't help.
This year only Progressive Conservatives and the now defunct Keep It Simple Solutions (KISS) party met the deadline. The People's Alliance did not file its return until mid-September, 15 weeks late, with the NDP return showing up only recently.
Greg Byrne, acting executive director of the New Brunswick Liberal Party, said internal changes following the party's defeat in 2018 has caused a delay in disclosing its financial information.
"It's a top priority to deal with it," said Byrne
"We have had some changes here at the party office. The executive director has left and we've had a change in controller here, too, and we're just adjusting to the transfer of responsibilities and we're working through everything. Hopefully everything will be finalized this week."
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Greg Byrne, acting executive director of the New Brunswick Liberal Party, said internal changes caused a delay. (Roger Cosman/CBC)
The Liberal party has had a change in personnel, but former executive director Keiller Zed left the position in September, long after the May financials were due.
The Green Party's executive director also blamed staffing problems for missing the deadline and said it could still be "weeks" before its return is ready.
"We went through a staff change since the election," said Marco Morency, who was hired by the party in April.
"This is what slowed us down. The work is almost complete."
New Brunswick parties are also legally required to file half-year returns which, for 2019, were due Sept. 30.
All parties, with the exception of Progressive Conservatives, have missed that deadline as well.
Poffenroth said she has not yet turned her attention to those violations.
"I haven't determined what my next steps are going to be on the mid-year returns yet," she said
"Two of the parties haven't yet submitted their 2018 return so I want them to focus on getting the full year return in".
David Raymond Amos
Methinks the lawyer Greg Byrne should review the documents and CD I gave him and many others in 2004 and his email to me after I got of the Yankee jail N'esy Pas?
Lou Bell
Most likely the Libs had to pay the Phonie Games infrastructure money U de M was counting, and now having to pay for it outta their own pockets !!
David Raymond Amos
Lou Bell
Following the Trump template I see !!
Karl Jensen
They would file their returns on time if, instead of just delaying the payments, the total payment is reduced by 25% for each month the returns are late.
David Raymond Amos
Peter Green
"This year only Progressive Conservatives and the now defunct Keep It Simple Solutions (KISS) party met the deadline." Somewhat an indicator of who could be considered fiscally responisble.
David Raymond Amos
Shaun Flynn
I love how it's okay for the political parties to NOT follow the law in reporting donations and expenses etc, but it's a completely different story when John & Jane Q. Public don't submit tax returns etc. Man, the fines, the assessments, the speed with which they are gone after is incredible! I laud Kimberley Poffenroth on withholding ANY & ALL funding to these political parties until they are completely up to date with their returns! I also want to know what fines, if any, are assessed for late filings!
David Raymond Amos
BruceJack Speculator
citizens elect a government and allow them to handle all the tax revenue they take from us. how they handle their "own" finances may give a clue as to how they handle "our" money?
David Raymond Amos
Lorne Amos
Instead of hold backs, cancel ! If they want to feed on tax money, earn it, otherwise lose it.
BruceJack Speculator
Laurie Clark
There is no excuse for the delays! None, nada, zip!
David Raymond Amos
Mack Leigh
Thank you Kimberly Poffenroth for doing your job and holding political parties to account...Every party who file late should be subject to a stiff fine with absolutely no exceptions....
Ray Fredette
Fred Dee
should do much more than withhold $$$$$ should fine a % daily!!!!
If I am late paying money to the gov, they punish me with huge penalties!! even for a DAy!!!
David Raymond Amos
Jonas Smith
Really these are pathetic excuses for parties wanting to be responsible for the public purse strings.
David Raymond Amos
David Peters
"But it is so far a mystery who financed the Liberal and Green party campaigns in 2018..."
Follow the money.
David Raymond Amos
David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos@Kathryn98967631 and 49 others
Methinks the LIEbrano lawyer Greg Byrne should review the documents and CD I gave him and many others in 2004 and his email to me after I got of the Yankee jail N'esy Pas?
https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/01/green-party-broke-27-year-old-nb.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/political-party-donations-green-record-breaking-1.5420245
Green Party broke 27-year-old N.B. fundraising record in 2018
Green donations far outpaced those of other 3rd parties
· CBC News· Posted: Jan 09, 2020 5:00 AM AT
Leader David Coon helped win three seats for the New Brunswick Green Party in the 2018 provincial election. The campaign was fuelled in part by nearly $303,000 in donations — a record for a New Brunswick third party. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
New Brunswick's Green Party flexed its growing fundraising muscle in the province's 2018 election, pulling in more donations than the NDP and People's Alliance combined and closing some of the money gap with Liberals and Progressive Conservatives, new records show.
In a financial disclosure submitted to Elections New Brunswick last month and recently released by the agency, the Greens reported raising $302,749 from donors in 2018, a record for a New Brunswick third party.
The amount was more than double what either the People's Alliance ($124,570) or New Brunswick NDP ($103,109) were able to coax from their own supporters in 2018.
Political scientist Jamie Gillies said that could make a difference as the three compete among themselves in the next election to emerge as the main alternative to the Liberals and PCs.
"If they can take that money and have it work in over 10 ridings, well they're going to hold the balance of power," said Gillies, who teaches at St. Thomas University.
'A party cannot run without funds'
Eighteen supporters gave the Green Party the maximum $3,000 allowed by New Brunswick donation rules, including retired Moncton pathologist Sarah Colwell, who also stood as a candidate in Moncton Southwest.
"A party cannot run without funds. It certainly can't fund candidates and run a campaign without adequate funding," said Colwell about her donation.
"It's important to vote, but if you can support them financially, that's a really important thing to do."
Former Moncton pathologist Sarah Colwell was one of 18 supporters to donate $3,000, the legal maximum, to the New Brunswick Green Party in 2018. The People's Alliance took in three of that size and the NDP one. (Submitted)
Fredericton resident Margaret Trahms-Coombs also gave the maximum $3,000, a significant increase over the $1,000 she donated in the 2014 election year.
"My familiarity with the party has been growing and ability to donate is growing," she said
"I really believe in their philosophy. I really believe we need to move in that direction."
Closing ground on top 2
New Brunswick Green Party fundraising is still well behind the PCs and Liberals, who raised $1.3 million and $1 million in 2018, respectively, but the Greens are closing ground.
Amounts raised by the big two parties were both down in 2018 by a combined 20 per cent from 2014, while Green Party donations more than doubled over the same period.
Political scientist Jaimie Gillies says the Green Party's ability to raise money will be an important advantage in the competition in the next election with the NDP and People's Alliance to emerge as the main alternative to the Liberals and PCs. (CBC)
Gillies said Green supporters tend to view the party as both an environmental and political organization and a high proportion of affluent urban professionals in that group can afford to finance their convictions.
"It's like a charitable contribution and less like a donation to a political party," he said. "So an environmentalist would happily put their money toward the Green Party because it ticks both [environmental and political] boxes.
"You have a demographic that skews middle class to upper middle class among a lot of the core supporters who are willing to contribute."
The previous record for minor party fundraising in New Brunswick was held by the former Confederation of Regions Party, which raised $274,000 to fight the 1991 election, and the New Brunswick NDP, which brought in $272,000 in 2014.
The Green Party financial return is the last one to be submitted to Elections New Brunswick from 2018 and arrived six and a half months late.
Political parties were required to file returns by May 31, 2019, but only the PCs met that deadline.
36 Comments
David Raymond Amos
"The Green Party financial return is the last one to be submitted to Elections New Brunswick from 2018 and arrived six and a half months late."
Methinks somebody should wonder why N'esy Pas?
Mike Morton
The celebration of mediocrity!
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Mike Morton: Methinks you are being nice N'esy Pas?
Fred Brewer
Anyone who says the Greens are a one issue party are either ignorant of the facts or are just parroting the official lines offered by the increasingly nervous Liberals and Conservatives.
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Fred Brewer: Methinks everything political is always about the money just as this article easily proves N'esy Pas?
Tim Astle
"A Fool and His Money Are Soon Parted"
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Tim Astle: True
Lou Bell
Libs will most likely be well below the million dollar mark by the end of 2019. Dropping like flies ! That underhanded 110 million dollar giveaway plan has done them in .
Lou Bell
Reply to @Dan Lee: And which provincial party did Harper run for again ? Err Huh ??
Lou Bell
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Greens are too smart to side with the Liberals , other than the one SANB plant !
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Deja Vu 4 U
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/kim-poffenroth-financial-returns-liberals-greens-1.5339011
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/kim-poffenroth-financial-returns-liberals-greens-1.5339011
Jonas Smith
The first step in being owned, NB's political parties should really be funded by public money based on popular vote received. If donations are to be kept, the threshold should be lowered to 500$ max.
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Jonas Smith: Why bother with money at all? I don't
Mack Leigh
Oh , the Watermelon Party, green on the outside and pure, pure red on the inside..SANB loves, loves, loves the Green Party. Could it be that the SANB and the Francophone Elite are now hedging their bets ?
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @Mack Leigh: They sure are not in love with the PA!
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Mack Leigh: Mais Oui
Fred Brewer
The next election will shock those that think the Greens are irrelevant. NEWS FLASH: it is the Liberals and Conservatives who are rapidly becoming irrelevant because they refuse to do anything for the environment and continue to operate in back rooms.
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Fred Brewer: Dream on
McKenzie King
One issue parties are more of a problem than a solution. Modern governments have to be many-faceted, and one issue parties have always struggled with this.
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @McKenzie King: LIke the COR and the PA.
Fred Brewer
Reply to @McKenzie King: Sigh. So many people seem to think the Green's are a one issue party. Please take the time to visit their website to review their multi-faceted platform and you will see they are most definitely NOT a one issue party.
Lou Bell
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: More like the failing SANB Libs ! One issue only and it showed until they were given the boot and then we all learned of their planned 110 million dollar giveaway to the minority they represent .
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @Lou DumbBell: They had the most popular vote. The former COR is governnig by a hair without a majority of the popular vote.
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Methinks it must really rot your SANB socks that Higgy still has a mandate N'esy Pas?
Gerry Ferguson
yuppie party
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Gerry Ferguson: YUP
Matt Steele
The Greens may be raising money , but they seem to have a lot of internal problems and infighting going on within their three MLAs , and can't seem to get anything done . They seem to be pretty much irrelevant and ineffective on the N.B. political scene .
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @Matt Steele: Infighting, that's how the COR party imploded before.
Mack Leigh
Reply to @Matt Steele: I would suspect that Coon is having a hard time controlling his party's loose cannon , good ole SANB boy K. A.....Now that one has an agenda all of his own and it appears to be more red than green.
Lou Bell
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Like the Libs are now. People coming to see they're run by the U de M and the " Shediac six " !
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @Lou DumBell: Bilingualism is cast in stone. Way past time to turn the page.
Dan Lee
Reply to @Lou Bell:
Ah lou...and Pa is run by rednecks and clones of their parents....no marbles to run in a French riding.....why?they need to mix with other people.........
Ah lou...and Pa is run by rednecks and clones of their parents....no marbles to run in a French riding.....why?they need to mix with other people.........
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Dan Lee: Methinks you are correct about the PANB but the loose cannons on deck are 2 French dudes the former president of the SANB and the Deputy Premier N'esy Pas?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/kim-poffenroth-financial-returns-liberals-greens-1.5339011
Chief electoral officer drops financial hammer on delinquent Liberals, Greens
Liberals, Greens missed deadline to disclose their donation, expense information
· CBC News· Posted: Oct 29, 2019 6:00 AM AT
New Brunswick's Chief Electoral Officer, Kimberly Poffenroth, is withholding quarterly payments to the Liberals and Greens after the parties failed to submit financial returns. (Jon Collicott/CBC)
New Brunswick's chief electoral officer has begun turning financial screws on the provincial Liberal and Green parties for broadly missing the deadline to disclose their donation and expense information to the public from last year's election.
"I have a number of duties that are imposed on me," said Kimberly Poffenroth, who also holds the position of supervisor of political financing .
"It's not possible for me to fill those obligations if political parties don't comply with their obligations to file timely and complete financial returns."
Poffenroth informed both parties in a letter earlier this month they will not be getting their latest quarterly installment of public financing until they submit valid financial returns from 2018, which were legally due months ago.
The NDP also received the letter but has since filed its return.
Allowance withheld
Provincial Liberals were scheduled to receive $60,299 this month in a quarterly public financing payment based on their 2018 election vote total, with the Green party entitled to $20,231.25. But Poffenroth said she will hold the money at least until the end of the quarter on Dec. 31 unless the parties file their complete financial statements before then.
"I advised the parties whose returns are outstanding that I would not be authorising the payment on their annual allowance until I received their annual return for 2018," said Poffenroth.
Party returns are a key element of political transparency across Canada, offering the public a window into how parties raise and spend money and who their major donors are.
It's a top priority to deal with it.
- Greg Byrne, New Brunswick Liberal PartyBut it is so far a mystery who financed the Liberal and Green party campaigns in 2018, how much was spent by each and what kind of financial shape they were left in to fight a future election if New Brunswick's minority government falls apart unexpectedly.
New Brunswick legislation requires all parties to file audited financial statements for each calendar year disclosing all important information, including donations, debts and expenses "no later than May 31 of the following year."
That date was originally April 1 but loosened to May 31 by the Legislature in 2017 to give parties more time to comply with the law.
It didn't help.
This year only Progressive Conservatives and the now defunct Keep It Simple Solutions (KISS) party met the deadline. The People's Alliance did not file its return until mid-September, 15 weeks late, with the NDP return showing up only recently.
Parties blame staffing changes
Greg Byrne, acting executive director of the New Brunswick Liberal Party, said internal changes following the party's defeat in 2018 has caused a delay in disclosing its financial information.
"It's a top priority to deal with it," said Byrne
"We have had some changes here at the party office. The executive director has left and we've had a change in controller here, too, and we're just adjusting to the transfer of responsibilities and we're working through everything. Hopefully everything will be finalized this week."
Greg Byrne, acting executive director of the New Brunswick Liberal Party, said internal changes caused a delay. (Roger Cosman/CBC)
The Liberal party has had a change in personnel, but former executive director Keiller Zed left the position in September, long after the May financials were due.
The Green Party's executive director also blamed staffing problems for missing the deadline and said it could still be "weeks" before its return is ready.
"We went through a staff change since the election," said Marco Morency, who was hired by the party in April.
"This is what slowed us down. The work is almost complete."
Half-year returns also missing
New Brunswick parties are also legally required to file half-year returns which, for 2019, were due Sept. 30.
All parties, with the exception of Progressive Conservatives, have missed that deadline as well.
Poffenroth said she has not yet turned her attention to those violations.
"I haven't determined what my next steps are going to be on the mid-year returns yet," she said
"Two of the parties haven't yet submitted their 2018 return so I want them to focus on getting the full year return in".
34 Comments
Commenting is now closed for this story.David Raymond Amos
Methinks the lawyer Greg Byrne should review the documents and CD I gave him and many others in 2004 and his email to me after I got of the Yankee jail N'esy Pas?
Lou Bell
Most likely the Libs had to pay the Phonie Games infrastructure money U de M was counting, and now having to pay for it outta their own pockets !!
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks you are missing a certain SANB dude who pretends to be a lady N'esy Pas?
Lou Bell
Following the Trump template I see !!
Roy Cummings
Reply to @Lou Bell: What the Hell does this have to do with America or Trump. It is Canada, the Liberals and the NDP.
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Roy Cummings: Methinks former PM Harper and even the ghost of the Yankee lawyer Elijah Cummings would agree that the conservative lady north of the medicine line doth protest too much about Trump and his malicious nonsense. Trust that Trump, his buddy Harper and everybody else knows that I got an answers in writing from Elijah Cummings and many of his congressional cohorts long before I ran in the election of the 38th Parliament N'esy Pas?
Karl Jensen
They would file their returns on time if, instead of just delaying the payments, the total payment is reduced by 25% for each month the returns are late.
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Karl Jensen: Trust that that will never happen
Peter Green
"This year only Progressive Conservatives and the now defunct Keep It Simple Solutions (KISS) party met the deadline." Somewhat an indicator of who could be considered fiscally responisble.
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @peter green: Yea but its only an indicator Methinks with regards to the conservatives many would agree that its only a flash in the pan because like KISS they had no money going into the election so a month of bookkeeping should be easy to record and report (The Conservatives even had their HQ in Fat Fred City up for sale) On the other hand the liberal bank account was overflowing hence they have lots of money to hide as they wait for the next speech from the throne in 3 weeks to see if the PANB will continue to support Higgy and his cohorts N'esy Pas?
Shaun Flynn
I love how it's okay for the political parties to NOT follow the law in reporting donations and expenses etc, but it's a completely different story when John & Jane Q. Public don't submit tax returns etc. Man, the fines, the assessments, the speed with which they are gone after is incredible! I laud Kimberley Poffenroth on withholding ANY & ALL funding to these political parties until they are completely up to date with their returns! I also want to know what fines, if any, are assessed for late filings!
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Shaun Flynn: Dream on if you expect an ethical answer
BruceJack Speculator
citizens elect a government and allow them to handle all the tax revenue they take from us. how they handle their "own" finances may give a clue as to how they handle "our" money?
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @BruceJack Speculator: Exactly
Lorne Amos
Instead of hold backs, cancel ! If they want to feed on tax money, earn it, otherwise lose it.
BruceJack Speculator
Reply to @Lorne Amos: EXCELLENT suggestion.
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @BruceJack Speculator: Spoken just like the conservatives I have debated many times. Methinks you are every bit as happy as I am that we are not related N'esy Pas?
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @BruceJack Speculator: OOPS The comment was meant to be directed at the other dude named Amos
Lou Bell
Reply to @David Raymond Amos: I've heard of Lorne Amos . Who are you again ??
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks I am still the dude bored conservative widows love to hate N'esy Pas?
Laurie Clark
There is no excuse for the delays! None, nada, zip!
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Laurie Clark: True but methinks there could be many political reasons for the deliberate delay N'esy Pas?
Mack Leigh
Thank you Kimberly Poffenroth for doing your job and holding political parties to account...Every party who file late should be subject to a stiff fine with absolutely no exceptions....
Ray Fredette
Reply to @Mack Leigh: Withholding funds amounts to same thing.
Fred Dee
Reply to @ray fredette: no withholding just means delayed
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Mack Leigh: Methinks you forgot that the lawyer Poffenroth was appointed to her position by her liberal pals N'esy Pas?
Fred Dee
should do much more than withhold $$$$$ should fine a % daily!!!!
If I am late paying money to the gov, they punish me with huge penalties!! even for a DAy!!!
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Fred Dee: True
Jonas Smith
Really these are pathetic excuses for parties wanting to be responsible for the public purse strings.
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Jonas Smith: YUP
David Peters
"But it is so far a mystery who financed the Liberal and Green party campaigns in 2018..."
Follow the money.
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @David Peters: Methinks that is just one of those things that I do that peoplekind fail to appreciate N'esy Pas?
Psssst Lou.......Harper gave 288 millions to Irving for a blueprint of a boat where the boat was going to cost in total..........120 millions....Mkay s answer was....errrr huh....it was worth it............