Globe editorial: On cash-for-access, Doug Ford sounds just like Kathleen Wynne GlobeDebate
As well, it eliminated the obligation of individual donors to state that the money they give is their own and wasn’t provided by a corporation, a union or another person. It is still illegal for corporations and unions to donate to a party, or for a person to accept a ticket to a fundraiser paid for by someone else, but a vital check on that is now gone.
Since the Globe broke the story, Mr. Ford has been reduced to aping his predecessor’s lame defence that “no one can influence [me]” – a line Ms. Wynne tried until she realized that it was utterly beside the point.The backlash against cash-for-access has never been about whether or not a premier has the reputation for incorruptibility of a Girl Guide, but whether the perception of influence being bought and sold exists.
This is not a good look for a party that likes to pretend that it is “for the people," and not for the “elites" it is allegedly hitting up for cash in exchange for privileged access to Ontario’s halls of power.
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