Elections Canada over the weekend released the spending limits for all candidates and parties.
Spending limits are set by the federal elections watchdog based on a number of factors, but mostly based on the number of electors in each district in which the party has a candidate.
Here's the list of how much each party can spend, ranked by the most to the least:
| Name of Party | Final Election Expenses Limit |
| New Democratic Party | $20,063,430.10 |
| Liberal Party of Canada | $20,014,302.76 |
| Conservative Party of Canada | $19,999,230.62 |
| Green Party of Canada | $19,751,412.68 |
| Bloc Québécois | $5,066,811.35 |
| Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada | $4,109,588.81 |
| Christian Heritage Party of Canada | $3,789,711.98 |
| Libertarian Party of Canada | $1,880,168.34 |
| Communist Party of Canada | $1,599,036.86 |
| Canadian Action Party | $1,312,843.11 |
| Progressive Canadian Party | $706,935.92 |
| Marijuana Party | $537,560.73 |
| neorhino.ca | $481,352.40 |
| First Peoples National Party of Canada | $291,658.89 |
| Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada | $272,020.62 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador First Party | $169,243.46 |
| People's Political Power Party of Canada | $91,748.49 |
| Western Block Party | $76,810.64 |
| Work Less Party | $64,845.31 |
The NDP gets to top the charts because they have a candidate in all 308 ridings.
The Liberals are running in 307. They're skipping Central Nova and so they would lose the amount of funding for all electors in Central Nova. The Tories, too, are running in 307. They won't compete against independent MP André Arthur in the Quebec City-area riding of Portneuf. And the Greens are skipping two ridings: Stéphane Dion's riding in Montreal and independent MP Bill Casey's riding in Nova Scotia.
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Interesting data. I have noticed more multimedia ads as we ramp up to election day. Between this intrusion, and others, it begins to irk me. There is much information available to the electorate and the hyperbole is the last straw.
I am getting fed up with phone calls from pollsters – with several a day in our close Parry Sound-Muskoka riding. I refuse to answer – I wonder how much this sways the poll results?
But David, the NDP may have originally run candidates in all ridings, but they have been forced to withdraw three or four of them. Surely there should be a corresponding reduction in their allowed expenses ?
So far as Elections Canada is concerned, they allocate money based on who is on the ballot as of Sept. 22. Though all parties have had candidates fire or quit, the NDP had 308 at Sept. 22. You can see the full breakdown here.
“And the Greens are skipping two ridings: Stéphane Dion's riding in Montreal and independent MP Bill Casey's riding in Nova Scotia.”
But the breakdown list has the Greens fielding candidates in 303 ridings. Where are the other three ridings where the Greens are not running?