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Harper to call an election Sunday. With a fixed election date this will mean we suddenly double the [View all]
length of the race from the usual 5 weeks to 10. Doubling the maximum amount of money that can be spent on it. Liberals and NDP have less than $10 Million in the coffers. Conservatives have about $15 Million. Maximum for an election would have been $24 Million. Now it will be $55 Million. We didn't have a citizen's united in Canada but it looks like that didn't stop the Conservatives from ginning something like it up. Elections rich people can better win.
http://www.niagaraadvance.ca/2015/07/17/election-laws-giving-canada-a-us-tinge
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