Canada’s federal political parties will soon get their quarterly allowance from the Canadian taxpayer. Elections Canada announced today that cheques have been drawn up for the second quarter. Each federal political party that garners at least two per cent of all votes cast in a general election or at least five per cent of the votes cast in the electoral districts in which they ran candidates qualifies for a taxpayer subsidy of 43.75 cents per vote per quarter.
Based on the results from the most recent election here’s the payout for the second quarter:
- Conservative Party of Canada: $2.57–million
- Liberal Party of Canada: $2.14–million
- New Democratic Party of Canada: $1.24–million
- Bloc Quebecois: $742,041
- Green Party of Canada: $317,258