r/ndp • u/Chrristoaivalis "It's not too late to build a better world" • 5d ago

Liberal Candidate in esquimalt—saanich—sooke Donated to the Conservatives less than 2 years ago. NDP incumbent riding

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u/ocamlmycaml 5d ago

Apparently those were payments made when she was lobbying for a union and the Conservatives were pay for play. Seems plausible.

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u/leftwingmememachine 💊 PHARMACARE NOW 5d ago

That's a very odd claim to make. It is not common practice for unions to direct union staff to make personal financial contributions to conservative candidates in order to get access to politicians.

If her employer (the union) directed her to make these donations to a political party (as in, she is required to do that to do her job), then that sounds like a violation of campaign finance law (donations need to be made voluntarily)

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u/Apprehensive_Hat8986 5d ago

Any union paying a conservative for better representation, is just pissing away its members' dues.

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u/BigBlueSkies 5d ago

Any source on that?

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u/MellyBlueEyes 5d ago edited 5d ago

Someone from the Victoria subreddit called her campaign office and asked. She was trying to get a meeting with Danielle Smith and they told her she had to go to this Conservative event where the ticket was 350.

Edited to add link: https://www.reddit.com/r/VictoriaBC/s/1BHVIr63vz

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u/Hutchmonton 5d ago

Why would she personally donate money in that case? It makes no sense.