Friday, August 14, 2009

673...Checking In Fro' The 'Peg, Steven Fletcher

The Honourable Steven Fletcher, Minister of State [Democratic Reform] has been a busy man writing letter after letter to the papers that matter.

Check it out:


Montreal Gazette

Bloc not targetted [sic]

Fri Aug 14 2009

Page: A12

Section: Editorial / Op-Ed

Source: The Gazette

Re: "Duceppe: I am not a quitter" (Gazette, Aug. 13).

While others have advocated ending the per-vote subsidy only for the Bloc Québécois, that is not the position of our Conservative government.

We believe that no party should have its operations supported by this taxpayer subsidy and that all parties should be primarily funded by their supporters. In fact, the Conservative Party would lose the most money should the per-vote subsidy be ended.

To suggest, as your story does, that the government would target a specific party is wrong and a misrepresentation of our view.

Steven Fletcher

Minister of State

(Democratic Reform)

Ottawa

End taxpayer subsidy of parties

The Toronto Star

Fri Aug 14 2009

Page: A24

Section: Editorial

Rewriting the rules won't make Bloc

Go away, Column, Aug. 11

While some have advocated ending the per-vote subsidy only for the Bloc Quebecois, that is not the position of our Conservative government. We believe that no party should have its operations supported by this taxpayer subsidy and that all parties should be primarily funded by their supporters.

Steven Fletcher, Minister of State (Democratic Reform), Ottawa


This, of course, is some serious bullsh't.

WFDS





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