Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Ontario@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agoAre we supposed to pretend Doug Ford’s $200 ‘rebate’ isn’t a pre-election bribe?www.theglobeandmail.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkAre we supposed to pretend Doug Ford’s $200 ‘rebate’ isn’t a pre-election bribe?www.theglobeandmail.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Ontario@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squarewise_pancake@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 months ago75% tax exemption on provincial political donations, so if you donate to the NDP you spend $50 and the provincial government sends $150 supporting them. http://www.ontario.ca/page/political-contribution-tax-credit-individuals
minus-squareSeigest@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoSo by giving that 200 check to the NPD. I’d be forcing the Ford government to also give money to the NPD?
minus-squarewise_pancake@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoEffectively yes. They give you $200. You give the NDP $200. You get $150 back at tax time. Now you have $150, the NDP has $200, so you’ve effectively had Ford give the NDP $150.
75% tax exemption on provincial political donations, so if you donate to the NDP you spend $50 and the provincial government sends $150 supporting them.
http://www.ontario.ca/page/political-contribution-tax-credit-individuals
So by giving that 200 check to the NPD. I’d be forcing the Ford government to also give money to the NPD?
Effectively yes.
They give you $200. You give the NDP $200. You get $150 back at tax time.
Now you have $150, the NDP has $200, so you’ve effectively had Ford give the NDP $150.