The Writers» Trust of Canada provides emergency funding for established writers through their «
Woodcock Fund.»
Not exact matches
According to an RCMP filing, Mr. Wright recalled telling four people that he would personally provide
funds to Mr. Duffy: David van Hemmen (Mr. Wright's executive assistant), Benjamin Perrin (legal counsel to the Prime Minister at the time), Chris
Woodcock (director of issues management in the PMO at the time, now chief of staff to Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver) and Conservative Senator Irving Gerstein.
Woodcock, who has accepted state
funds, is likely to be heavily outgunned financially.
And, because Baldacci is the lone candidate not accepting public financing for the general election campaign, if he spends more than $ 400,000, the state provides dollar for dollar matching
funds for
Woodcock, as well as the Green and Independent party candidates.
But the Republican Governors Association would likely keep running ads in the state, which would trigger matching
funds for the other candidates — not a bad deal considering that the more votes Lamarche and Merrill win, the smaller percentage of the vote
Woodcock needs to oust Baldacci.