Canada's small political parties will share around $500,000 after an Ontario Superior Court judge struck down a law that allowed federal parties to be paid $1.75 per vote they received only if they took more than two per cent of the vote.
The law ensured big political parties took home lots of public money after each election, but made votes for small parties worthless in a sense.
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In his reasons for the ruling, Judge P. Theodore Matlow wrote that the law violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
He noted that parties needed funding to make voters aware of their platforms and candidates, and said a voter needs that information in order to vote in a way that genuinely reflects his or her preferences.
I agree that if you're going to fund one, fund them all.
I have a problem with funding the four MAIN parties like that. Does that sound like a cash grab to you???
