opinion

The Progressive Conservatives are proposing to increase contribution limits to political parties and eliminate fixed election dates.

Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government is proposing reforms that would “strengthen and increase public trust” in the province’s electoral system. But one of the main effects of these reforms would be to unleash a flood of money into politics that would cement electoral advantages for the governing party.

Attorney-General Doug Downey wants to increase the amount a person can contribute to a political party to $5,000 from $3,400. If this reform goes through, Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative Party will have tripled Ontario’s political donation limit since 2018.

Assuming the rules would be the same for the current $3,400 limit, that sam

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