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| | ESR | June 1999 | Canada's new Elections Act: Big Brother tramples on freedoms |
 | | The father of this law, Government House Leader Don Boudria, has noted that the principles of "fairness, transparency and accessibility" lie at the core of the proposed legislation. |
 | | Groups like us or labour unions, charities, professional associations, and even individual citizens will be severely limited in promoting their point of view during an election. |
 | | Boudria, spending by groups other than political parties could "favour those with the deepest campaign coffers, lead to abuses, corruption.and generally harm democratic objectives." But the evidence proves otherwise. |
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