New threat to free speech

Dear Editor:

Elections Canada recently
released the amounts spent
by federal political parties
during the last election.

The PCs spent about $6.4
million; the liberals spent
$6.3 million and the NDP
spent $4.7 million.

In the past, these political
parties. and government
bureaucrats have tried to
- justify muzzling citizens’
groups during elections
through spending prohibi-

tions because they feared
such groups could “buy”
elections. -

What does actual experi-
ence show, however?

While the two major par-

ties spent about the same,
the Liberals were soundly
horsewhippet! by the elec-
torate.
* In 1980, although the PCs
actually outspent the
Liberals by about 16%, or
$600,000, Joc Clark was
defeated. :

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During elections, it’s ideas
that really matter, fun-
damentally, not the amount
spent to put them across.

This notion was recently
upheld by the U.S. Supreme
Court when it struck down
as unconstitutional a law
which limited spending by
citizens’ groups in U.S.
presidential campaigns.

These two facts should be
born in mind by our MPs,
particularly those sitting on
the House of Commons

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Standing Committee cn
Privileges and Elections.

This committee is yon-
dering further restrictions on
freedom of speech during
federal elections.

The National Citizens’
Coalition would rainer not
have to take on the gov-
ernment again, as it did in

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President

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