Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Monday, February 08, 2016

Marathon 2015 Election Campaign Cost 53 Per Cent More Than 2011 Vote: Elections Canada

OTTAWA — Elections Canada says last fall's marathon federal election campaign cost $443 million to administer — 53 per cent more than the 2011 election. And that's just the preliminary estimate.

The independent agency doesn't yet know how many millions it will have to pay out to political parties and their candidates, who are eligible for rebates of up to 50 per cent and 60 per cent respectively on their campaign expenses.

Elections Canada estimates that rebates topped $60 million after the 2011 election — a figure that's bound to be higher for the 2015 vote since the unusually long campaign meant spending limits for parties and candidates were effectively doubled.

The preliminary cost estimate is contained in an Elections Canada report on the Oct. 19 election, tabled today in Parliament.

It attributes the increased cost to a variety of factors, including the addition of 30 new ridings and the fact that the 78-day campaign was the longest in more than 140 years.

Original Article
Source: huffingtonpost.ca/
Author: CP

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