By DAVID JACKSON Provincial Reporter
After a week of headlines dominated by the Ernie Fage incident, the legislature wrapped up Thursday with the reason it was in session — changes to political party financing.
It was just last Thursday that Mr. Fage, then the human resources minister, resigned from cabinet after CBC television aired a story with [...]
By AMY SMITH Provincial Reporter
The NDP tried and failed Tuesday night to ban campaign contributions from unions and corporations.
Proposed legislation before the House would limit political contributions from individuals or organizations to $5,000. The bill would also have taxpayers give political parties an annual grant linked to the number of votes they receive in provincial [...]
By Leonard Preyra
Happy New Year! What a difference a year makes. A year ago at this time we were in the middle of a federal election driven in large part by the Gomery Commission of Inquiry into the sponsorship scandal. (www.gomery.ca). Among other things, the Commission found:
• A complex web [...]
By KEVIN DEVEAUX
ON Nov. 17, the House of Assembly was presented with one of the most important pieces of electoral reform legislation in recent memory. Bill 117 seeks to, among other things, place limits on contributions to political parties by individuals and organizations.
Our party wholeheartedly endorses the principle behind this legislation. Consideration of this legislation [...]
Party would lose 30 per cent of donations, CBC analysis shows
The NDP will be hardest hit in the pocketbook if rules regarding political donations in Nova Scotia are changed as planned.
A CBC analysis of donations to the political parties over the past three years backs the NDP complaint about Bill 117.
Under the proposal, all registered [...]
MacDonald denies possible spring election reason for campaign-finance reform urgency
By Brian Flinn
The Daily News
Halifax – Premier Rodney MacDonald said he’s prepared to sit through another NDP filibuster this winter if that’s what it takes to turn his campaign finance reforms into law.
“My intention is to pass this bill,” MacDonald said yesterday. “And I don’t mind [...]
By AMY SMITH Provincial Reporter
Nova Scotia MLAs will head back to the legislature on Jan. 8 to deal with a controversial bill on political contributions.
“We’ve got to deal with it sometime, so it’s fine by me,” Liberal House Leader Manning MacDonald said Tuesday. “I think (the Tories) probably want to get it out of the [...]