Sentences with phrase «corporate money donations»

Matt has also repeatedly denounced the other candidates for being corporate - funded and, as a Green, won't take corporate money donations.

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While corporations are prohibited from contributing to federal political campaigns, in 2013 46 of the top 60 TSX companies still gave money to candidates at the provincial level (where in many cases corporate donations are still allowed).

VICTORIA — After more than a century of unlimited donations, corporate cronyism and declining public faith in institutions, Big Money was finally banished from B.C. provincial and municipal elections today as bills 3 and 15 officially became law.

While other provinces, most recently Ontario, and the federal government have moved to take big money out of politics, the Christy Clark government has not only said no to banning union and corporate donations, and no to municipal election spending limits — it has moved to eliminate pre-election spending limits in the 60 days prior to an election.

BC is one of few provinces with no limit on corporate donations (as is Saskatchewan, whose leading political party appears to have benefitted handsomely from vast sums of money from Alberta - based fossil fuel corporations over the last decade).

Some of the money has come from corporate or private donations, as well as aldermanic and state contributions.

The recent revelation of his non-dom status sent the left - wing blogosphere into a predictable preelection frenzy, despite Labour also receiving non-dom money and an Electoral Commission investigation which ultimately ruled donations from his company Bearwood Corporate Services were permissible.

With the Roberts Supreme Court already apparently reconsidering past precedents with an eye toward treating corporate and union donations as free speech, a federal appeals court has now ruled on behalf of Emily's List that nonprofits can use functionally unbounded «soft money» to finance their election - year activities.

It's particularly tough for candidates with a progressive ethos like Democrat Cynthia Nixon who has vowed to take no corporate money while relying on smaller donations to at least project the image of a campaign based entirely on grassroots support.

Nixon's campaign has pledged not to take corporate donations, but it will still accept money from limited liability companies.

At issue is $ 190,000 in corporate contributions by TRMPAC to the Republican National Committee in 2002, and the RNC's subsequent donation of that same amount of money to seven candidates for the Texas state House.

Balter said she will not accept money from corporate PACs and she said she is interested in small dollar donations.

By rejecting corporate money and funding his campaign solely with the help of small individual donations, Hawkins holds himself fully accountable to the middle - and working - class people of New York.

«For her part Kirsten will be focused on running a positive campaign based on her core values like rewarding work again in our country, getting the special interest money out of politics by rejecting corporate PAC donations and fighting on behalf of all New Yorkers who need a voice as she successfully did for the 9/11 first responders,» Caplin said.

Campaign finance reform advocates say public funding helps level the playing field for candidates without money or connections, and encourages a focus on small - dollar donations from constituents rather than corporate contributions.

Comment from Margaret Yaukey: Can someone address the effect of big money donations, such as the Gates Foundation, in terms of the increasingly corporate environment and free market ethic that drives the red - lining of low performing populations.

Of particular note is that while pledging to support Hartford's Public Schools, Bronin relied heavily on donations from the Charter School and Corporate Education Reform Industry, collecting huge amounts of money from charter school advocates and Greenwich residents Jonathan Sackler and Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones II, as well as employees, board members and lobbyists for Connecticut's charter schools.

The city pays for the administration and initial deposits, while corporate, foundation and private donations provide matching money to encourage families to save more.

As the director of business development, Pratt raises money by seeking out donations such as cars, boats, real estate and corporate surplus and sells them for cash.