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House moves on restricting political loans bill, Liberals resisted legislation for last year

Bill will further tighten rules on political loans and calls for more transparency, but opposition parties want PM to release his own 2004 leadership contributors’ list.

Photographs by Jake Wright, The Hill Times
Money & politics: Conservative MP Tom Lukiwski, NDP Whip Nycole Turmel and Liberal MP John McCallum. The NDP and Liberals say the new rules will put too much power in the hands of banks. The Tories say they’ve been waiting for Liberals to support the bill for the last year.

 

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House moves on restricting political loans bill, Liberals resisted legislation for last year

Bill will further tighten rules on political loans and calls for more transparency, but opposition parties want PM to release his own 2004 leadership contributors’ list.

Photographs by Jake Wright, The Hill Times
Money & politics: Conservative MP Tom Lukiwski, NDP Whip Nycole Turmel and Liberal MP John McCallum. The NDP and Liberals say the new rules will put too much power in the hands of banks. The Tories say they’ve been waiting for Liberals to support the bill for the last year.

 

  

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