THE CONSERVATIVE HIPSTERS
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
No vote is a wasted vote...
...not at $1.75 per vote per year.
With that said, I would like to revive my attempt to alter the subsidy that federal parties get.
As you may, or may not know, each party recieves $1.75 per year per vote (indexed for inflation) for each vote they receive.
I would like to see this subsidy altered to be:
$1.75/vote X (number of ridings with a registered candidate/total number of ridings)
This would drastically alter the playing field as the BQ is able to pretty much fund itself out of its subsidy and does not require substantial fundraising.
It would also make people think twice about deals like Dion-May and the Conservative decision not to run anyone against the independent guy (whose name escapes me) in Quebec.
However, I would argue that 307/308 X 1.75 is more acceptable than 75/308 x 1.75 per vote.
Q
With that said, I would like to revive my attempt to alter the subsidy that federal parties get.
As you may, or may not know, each party recieves $1.75 per year per vote (indexed for inflation) for each vote they receive.
I would like to see this subsidy altered to be:
$1.75/vote X (number of ridings with a registered candidate/total number of ridings)
This would drastically alter the playing field as the BQ is able to pretty much fund itself out of its subsidy and does not require substantial fundraising.
It would also make people think twice about deals like Dion-May and the Conservative decision not to run anyone against the independent guy (whose name escapes me) in Quebec.
However, I would argue that 307/308 X 1.75 is more acceptable than 75/308 x 1.75 per vote.
Q
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