The barring corporate donations and low caps on personal donations is a great idea. I'd vote for that. I'd support that. But Harper wasn't suggesting we replace the system. He was suggesting that we eliminate the system we have
Umm, that's already been done...Chrétien banned corporate donations and Harper cut the maximum personal donation to $1000 per year (which while more than a lot of us could afford to give, ensures that those who would pay 10 or 100 k can't). So really taking out one of the multiple subsidies (whether in favour of it or not) is really a modification to a system that's been in place for about 5 years, rather than eliminating it.
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Umm, that's already been done...Chrétien banned corporate donations and Harper cut the maximum personal donation to $1000 per year (which while more than a lot of us could afford to give, ensures that those who would pay 10 or 100 k can't). So really taking out one of the multiple subsidies (whether in favour of it or not) is really a modification to a system that's been in place for about 5 years, rather than eliminating it.