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In Canada, campaign finance rules put limits on how much one can spend on their own campaign. The limit is higher than the limit for donating to other people's
by smnrchrds 7y ago
In Canada, campaign finance rules put limits on how much one can spend on their own campaign. The limit is higher than the limit for donating to other people's campaigns, but at 25k CAD, it is nowhere near enough to enable billionaires to buy elections or have unfair advantage. When a Canadian multi-millionaire reality TV star ran for conservative party leadership position, this happened:
https://globalnews.ca/news/3984252/kevin-oleary-conservative-election-debt/ https://globalnews.ca/news/3984252/kevin-oleary-conservative...
One would assume that any comprehensive campaign finance rule would have similar provisions.