PM Harper should return multi-millions of dollars in per-vote subsidies, says NDP

Prime Minister Stephen Harper will campaign to eliminate the multi-million dollars in per-vote subsidies for political parties in the next election because they've "made no effort to go out and raise any money," but the NDP says if the Prime Minister really believes it is wrong, he could have returned the $10-million annually the Conservative Party has received since 2006.

But experts say giving up the money when no other party is willing to do the same is a "nonstarter."

NDP MP Joe Comartin (Windsor-Tecumseh, Ont.) told The Hill Times last week that the Conservatives should reject the $10-million the party receives each year from Elections Canada if they are adamant that the subsidies are not necessary and called the Tories "hypocritical."

Source: The Hill Times