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     The Globe and Mail - January 5, 2014   
      
      
   NDP posts record fundraising haul as small donations turn to big gains   
      
      
      
   But NDP's $800,000 fundraising figure was well back of two biggest rival   
   parties, with Liberals and Conservatives each saying they topped the   
   $2-million mark in the month   
      
   They fell far short of the Liberals and the Conservatives, but New   
   Democratic Leader Thomas Mulcair is celebrating a record monthly   
   fundraising haul by his party driven by "bite-sized chunk" donations   
   from NDP faithful.   
      
   The Official Opposition took in $800,000 for the final month of 2013,   
   ahead of their $750,000 goal, and set a party record in online   
   fundraising, Mr. Mulcair told Global News's The West Block on Sunday.   
      
   The figure was, however, well back of his two biggest rival parties,   
   with the Liberals and Conservatives each saying they topped the   
   $2-million mark in the month. The NDP, with 100 MPs, only just beat the   
   two-MP Green Party, which says it brought in $736,000 that month.   
      
   Mr. Mulcair brushed aside his rivals' sums, telling Global his party's   
   modest total was partly because NDP supporters tend to donate smaller   
   amounts, but said the party still has broad support and pledged it   
   wouldn't hold back on spending in 2015.   
      
   "We are going to be able to spend the full maximum amount in the next   
   campaign, no problem at all," Mr. Mulcair said. "But we're going to keep   
   talking to our base, which is very large across Canada but tends to, you   
   know, deliver in bite-sized chunks, not the thousand-dollar donations   
   some other parties seem to favour."   
      
   The Conservatives and Liberals were in a fundraising horse race in   
   December. The Conservatives, who typically bring in the most money from   
   donors, had set a $2-million target. "I can say with certainty that we   
   met our goal of $2-million in December," Conservative party spokesman   
   Cory Hann said in an e-mail Sunday, though he did not provide a final total.   
      
   As of midday Dec. 31, the Liberals had raised $2,174,634, after urging   
   their supporters in a series of messages to make a push to out-raise the   
   Conservatives. On Sunday, the Liberals declined to release a final   
   total. "I can tell you that we are very proud of how we worked and what   
   we raised in the last year and are already focused on analyzing results   
   from last year and working on our plan for 2014," party spokeswoman   
   Andrée-Lyne Hallé said.   
      
   As of the evening of Dec. 31, the Green Party had raised $736,000 in   
   December, ahead of their monthly goal of $312,000. The party added   
   former Independent and NDP MP Bruce Hyer during the month, increasing   
   the size of its caucus to two.   
      
   Mr. Mulcair was undeterred, saying the NDP – which had its best-ever   
   showing in the 2011 election to gain Official Opposition status – is in   
   good shape.   
      
   "We're in a better position now than we've ever been in our history. Our   
   numbers are good, our base is strong, our fundraising is the strongest   
   that's it's ever been. And we're the Official Opposition for the first   
   time so people are looking at us differently," he said Sunday.   
      
   While Mr. Mulcair suggested NDP supporters tend to donate smaller sums,   
   recent figures show the Liberals and NDP take in similar donations, on   
   average.   
      
   For the quarterly period ending in September, 2013, fundraising totals   
   submitted to Elections Canada show the NDP raised $1.5-million from   
   21,788 contributors, an average of $70 per donor.   
   The Liberals raised $2.2-million from 30,108 contributors in the   
   quarter, or $72 per donor. The Green Party raised $355,000 from 4,722   
   contributors, or $75 per donor.   
   But the Conservatives were well ahead in gross revenue and average –   
   raising $3.4-million from 28,968 contributors, or $119 per donor.   
      
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   You can bet that the Conservatives are still getting their funds from   
   CORPORATIONS, thinly disguised as personal donations - which just happen   
   to be from each and every employee of that corporation.  Just like the   
   past elections.   
      
   Anyone wanting to contribute to the New Democrats, go here:   
      
   https://secure.ndp.ca/index_e.php?payment_option=onetime   
      
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