March 30, 2016

Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/party-with-the-premier-not-for-any-price/article29428208/

Journalist Gary Mason writes about perfectly legal campaign financing practices in B.C. and Ontario. What you might not have known, meetings with the premiers or even cabinet ministers can be arranged for large donors.

In B.C. "the names of the people who donate to the party are published annually" Mr Mason writes. "What we don’t know is who on that list made their donation in exchange for rare, one-on-one time with Premier Clark?"

2020 Commentary

What is the purpose of a private meeting with the Premier? Maybe just an introduction. Hockey teams, perhaps? But then again, maybe to connect the person with business opportunities. We leave it to the reader to draw his or her own conclusions.

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