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Monday, May 12, 2008 --- 74 days ago http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2008/05/whos-defending.html
| The Calgary Herald reports that Ed Stelmach and the Alberta government plan to introduce a package of campaign finance legislation this fall that would either ban or strictly limit spending on political advertising by civil society organizations during elections. In the March provincial election Albertans for Change, funded by a number of labour unions including the Alberta Federation of Labour
ran ads attacking Steady Eddie for having "no plan." The opposition political parties both seem to support the spending limitations, ostensibly based on the lofty principle of jealousy: "NDP Leader Brian Mason said it's unfair that unions could outspend his party on TV ads by a more than 10-to-one margin. 'The
main conversation that took place in the election was not between the
opposition parties and the government -- it was between Albertans for
Change and the government'; Mason said. 'And I think that had a serious
impact on the election.' ...Liberal Leader Kevin Taft said the Albertans for Change ads may have hurt his party. 'We
had nothing to do with that spending whatsoever,' Taft said. 'And yet,
on the doorsteps, we were often getting lectures about how 'You guys
are running those terrible attack ads on Ed Stelmach.' So we got
dragged into it.' While Albertans for Change was essentially
delivering the same message as his party, Taft said their involvement
could set an ugly precedent. 'I mean, they've opened the door
now. What's ... |
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