Elections Canada boss should go

By Brian Lilley:

So did you hear Elections Canada got those guys at the top of a federal political party to admit they broke the law?

Nope, I’m not talking about the Conservatives and their “in-and-out” case.

I’m talking about the NDP.

See, back in the summer when Jack Layton died, the NDP solicited donations in Jack’s memory for the Broadbent Institute, a yet-to-be-established, left-wing think-tank.

The party also promised donors would get the 75% tax break they would expect if the donation was for a political party.

That is against the law.

The party collected thousands of dollars before it was pointed out it was breaking the Canada Elections Act.

The party stopped collecting money, but then a funny thing happened — Elections Canada did not immediately begin investigating.

It waited for a complaint.

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