If you have eyes, be prepared to have them popped by labradore’s latest comparison of party financing.
He looks at the pattern of corporate political donations in metro Halifax and metro St. John’s from 2005 to 2009. The results are startling. In a region with a smaller population, the corporate sector in St. John’s gave more cash and they gave it disproportionately to the party in power.
Add that bit of information to a post on Monday that showed just how much the corporate sector gave in just a single year, namely 2010.
In 2010, the governing Progressive Conservatives raised $690,000 in reportable contributions, versus the Liberals $31,000 and the NDP's $59,000. That is the highest amount the Tories have ever raised in an off-election year.
Of the PC total that year, fully $383,000 — over 55% — came from business donors in the greater St. John's area.
And just to further refine those numbers, bear in mind that of the $690,000, the Tories got $235,000 or thereabouts from one sector: the construction industry.
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