Taxpayers Forced to Fund Canada's Political Parties with $299 Million in Political Donations.

The article reports on the issue that taxpayers are forced to fund political parties thru political donations in Canada. To grasp how much extra money has been funneled from the public purse to political parties, data shows that in 12 years between 1988 and 2000, political parties received $90 million in total from the federal government. For 2004 and 2006 elections, taxpayers handed over $107 million to five political parties and their candidates.