UNFAIR Per Vote Subsidies (Part 2)

The election results for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock are official. Candidates who got at least 2% of the vote total earned a subsidy of ~$10 per vote for the next 4 years payable to their party.

Five of 9 Parties get the subsidy.

Here is how much from this ONE riding.

PC 26,506 votes @ ~$10 = $265,060

LIBERAL 11,688 votes @ ~$10 = $116,880

NDP 6,993 votes @ ~$10 = $69,930

Green 2,602 votes @ ~$10 = $26,020

New Blue 926 votes @ ~$10 = $9,260

TOTAL: over $450,000

The results of the recent election guarantees that five political parties will get a share of the $450,000 that is now guaranteed resulting from the table shown above simply because the local candidates got over 2% of the vote. The other four candidates failed to qualify.

Only political parties are eligible.

Money wins elections.

If Independent candidates can’t qualify, if their any hope for a Direct Democracy involving decentralized governance accountable to the rising electorate?

There are 124 ridings in Ontario.

If this if typical in all 124 Ontario ridings, some (124 x $450,000) = $55,800,000 of your tax dollars will be sent to the largest parties over the next 48 months.

Can the Party System ever be defeated if over $55 million is spent to prop it up?

DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS?

New Blue 926 votes @ ~$10 = $9,260