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- Title: Funding Political Parties: Can a Fair System be Devised?
- Author : Canadian Parliamentary Review
- Release Date : January 22, 1999
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 251 KB
Description
This article outlines Quebec's model for financing o/political parties. It looks at the procedure adopted to guarantee equitable financing, examines the controls put into place to ensure the enforcement of the Act and, finally looks at the respect of the principles inherent in this model. From time immemorial, political parties have had to seek financing in order to conduct their political activities, to recruit personnel, to rent office space, to publish their programme and to cove r their election expenses. In Quebec, an old saying claims that it takes more than prayers to win all election. For years, there existed no legislative provisions relating to political financing or election expenses. The Election Act of 1875 established the first requirements concerning the election expenses of candidates, who from that time on were required to appoint an official agent to attend to their expenses. This obligation was abolished in 1932. Beginning in 1895, the returning officers were obliged to have published in the Official Gazette a statement of candidates' election expenses. This requirement remained in effect until 1926.