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Do you have $10,000 to spare? The Saskatchewan Party took in the most political contributions in 2025, but the largest individual, corporate, and union donations went to the NDP.
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Hundred of thousands of dollars pass through cryptically named corporate accounts to Sask. political parties. Here’s our look into the system used to mask the identities of big political donors.
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Check out the video from my collab w/ @alexanderquon.bsky.social and CBC Sask.
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Now we know why police seized phones of ex-mayor Gondek and Calgary councillors.
Police investigating money-for-voting allegations and the head of a major private-sector development planning firm. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
We did see similar webs of associated companies/numbered companies funding candidates in the Edmonton election.
There's a cap of $5,000 per company in Alberta, which views associated corps as one, so this led to a lot of money being returned after the election.
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For most of the last ten years, corporations, unions, etc. were barred from funding political parties, so there isn't a long term analysis possible.
Though the influence of corporate money in politics was immediately obvious when brought back last year:
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Also: theijf.org/article/how-...
NEW: Some of the largest funders of Sask. political parties are companies with no public profile. I went through corporate registries in three provinces to find out who was behind them, and found 5/6 of the top donations to the Sask. Part last year trace back to one influential family.
zurl.co/23RQH
NEW: Some of the largest funders of Sask. political parties are companies with no public profile. I went through corporate registries in three provinces to find out who was behind them, and found 5/6 of the top donations to the Sask. Part last year trace back to one influential family.
zurl.co/23RQH
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The RCMP are investigating an allegation that the principal and founder of a local planning consulting firm offered campaign donations in exchange for votes from Calgary city council.
WATCH: A web of companies helps to mask the identity of big political donors in Saskatchewan.
Over the last ten years, the seven companies connected to the Rawlinson family -- including Rawlco Radio -- have given more than $460,000 to the Saskatchewan Party.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAMX...
We're gonna need the same kind of analysis in Alberta.
I wonder if some of that $600 million Sam Mraiche's companies have scored in contracts with the province has made its way back to the UCP.
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Alexander Quon
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NEW: Some of the largest funders of Sask. political parties are companies with no public profile. I went through corporate registries in three provinces to find out who was behind them, and found 5/6 of the top donations to the Sask. Part last year trace back to one influential family.
zurl.co/23RQH
Hundred of thousands of dollars pass through cryptically named corporate accounts to Sask. political parties
