The Globe and Mail reports:
TORONTO — Ontario’s two opposition parties went heavily into debt during last fall’s election campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to oust the governing Liberals, documents show.
The Progressive Conservative Party spent nearly twice as much as it raised, leaving it with a deficit of $2.9-million, according to election finance records released yesterday.
All […]

Elections Canada is currently in a lawsuit with the Tories about “in and outs” - transfers from parties to candidates who are then invoiced to pay for media advertisements for the party, although the ads may have taglines that say the message was paid for by the candidates. At issue is whether these should be […]

The Finance Ministry in Nova Scotia has introduced an omnibus budget bill, the Financial Measures Act of 2007, that includes a provision to extend the public financing of political parties and includes the Green Party in the extension.  
Update (29-March-2007): The Chronicle Herald has some of the details on the “transitional” public funding:
Finance Minister Michael Baker said Wednesday […]

Earlier this month reduced contribution limits for individuals took effect in Canada, and contributions from corporations and trade unions have been banned. Elections Canada has a summary of the provisions of the new Federal Accountability Act:
Amendments to the Canada Elections Act that came into effect on January 1, 2007

New, lower limits on the annual contributions […]

Yesterday saw developments on several stories previously posted here. (Click on each country in the sidebar for these previous posts.)
Argentina: The lower house (Cámara de Diputados) approved and sent to the Senate the pending reform that raises the spending limit for federal elections from 1 to 1.5 pesos per registered voter. The […]

The campaign finance reforms introduced by the government now have a green light after the New Democrats ended their filibuster. The NDP wanted lower ceilings than the proposed $5000 contribution limits that they say advantaged the Tories. The NDP wanted a stay on the legislation to allow public debate and influence on the legislation, which […]

The New Democrats are filibustering the reforms introduced by the government in Nova Scotia (see previous post). The limits may end up lower when all is said and done. From CBC news:
But the New Democrats say the bill benefits the governing Conservatives more than other parties, because of the large number of donations between $1,000 […]

Yesterday in Nova Scotia, the ruling Tories introduced legislation that puts restrictions on political donations and introduces public funding for political parties. The legislation puts a cap on donations at $5000 per donor per party per year, encourages political donations under $1000 with a 75% tax credit (raising the maximum tax credit from $500), and pays the political parties […]