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Vous avez le droit de savoir qui a financé les frais de campagne de Stephen Harper.

Qui a financé les 2 millions de dollars des campagnes du premier ministre Harper qui l’ont porté au pouvoir ?
Les sociétés pétrolières et gazières et leurs dirigeants ont-ils financé les frais de Harper avec d’énormes dons ? Les sociétés étrangères ? Les sociétés chinoises ? Le premier ministre Harper refuse toujours de nous dire qui a financé des centaines de milliers de dollars de ses frais de campagne pour devenir chef du parti.

Qu’a fait le premier ministre Harper pour ces donateurs secrets ? A-t-il fait pression pour la construction d’oléoducs et refusé de restreindre les activités des sociétés pétrolières et gazières dans la lutte contre les changements climatiques afin de rembourser ses donateurs secrets ?

A-t-il affaibli dangereusement les lois fédérales sur la protection de l’environnement afin de rembourser ses donateurs secrets ? A-t-il muselé les scientifiques du gouvernement fédéral afin de rembourser ses donateurs secrets ?

Rembourse-t-il ses donateurs secrets en signant des accords commerciaux qui permettent aux entreprises étrangères de s’attaquer aux lois canadiennes sur la protection de l’environnement, la protection des consommateurs, le travail, la santé et la sécurité ?

Stephen Harper est-il le meilleur premier ministre que les grandes entreprises puissent acheter ?
Nous l’ignorons, car le premier ministre Harper refuse de nous révéler l’identité de ses donateurs secrets. Ce que nous savons, c’est qu’il doit beaucoup à ses donateurs secrets : il ne serait pas au pouvoir s’ils n’avaient pas remboursé ses dépenses.

Nous savons aussi, tout au long de l’histoire, que les politiciens payés par d’importants dons secrets ont conduit à la corruption, au gaspillage, à la pollution et à d’autres abus graves. Et nous savons que les dons importants ont de l’influence ; de nombreux cas passés en politique canadienne ont montré à quel point l’argent parle haut et fort.

Les dons secrets et illimités étaient des pots-de-vin légaux, mais contraires à l’éthique
En 2002, Stephen Harper a fait campagne et a remporté la direction de l’Alliance canadienne. Depuis, il n’a divulgué l’identité que de 54 donateurs à sa campagne. Le premier ministre Harper a gardé secrète l’identité de dix de ses plus importants donateurs et de milliers d’autres donateurs, même s’ils ont donné plus de 900 000 $ sur les 1,1 million de dollars qu’il a recueillis pour sa campagne.

En 2004, Stephen Harper a remporté la direction du Parti conservateur (issu de la fusion de l’Alliance canadienne et de l’ancien Parti progressiste-conservateur) et a dépensé plus de 2 millions de dollars pour sa campagne. Depuis, la liste des plus importants donateurs à sa campagne (il en a peut-être gardé certains secrets) a disparu du site web du Parti conservateur.

Lors de sa campagne pour la direction du parti en 2002 et 2004, les dons secrets et illimités des grandes entreprises, y compris les grandes entreprises étrangères opérant au Canada, étaient légaux. Les grandes entreprises et leurs dirigeants auraient pu verser des centaines de milliers de dollars en dons à Harper, en secret.

Les donateurs de Harper sont-ils tous ou principalement des sociétés pétrolières, gazières et pipelinières ? Sont-ils de grands pollueurs ? Sont-ils de grandes entreprises étrangères qui souhaitent un assouplissement des lois sur la responsabilité des entreprises au Canada ? Sont-ils des entreprises détenues ou contrôlées par les frères Koch, des États-Unis, opposants notoires à la protection de l’environnement et aux autres lois sur la responsabilité des entreprises ?

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Dear Prime Minister Harper,

The public has a right to know who gave you more than $2 million to help you win power, especially the identities of the biggest donors, so they can judge whether those donations have influenced your decisions as prime minister.

It has been proven in scientific clinical studies that even small gifts and favours can have significant and lasting influence over a person’s decisions.

In 2002, you campaigned and won the leadership of the Canadian Alliance Party. Since then, you have disclosed the identities of only 54 of the donors to your campaign. You have kept secret the identities of 10 of his biggest donors, and thousands of other donors, even though they donated more than $900,000 of the $1.1 million you raised for your campaign.

In 2004, you won the leadership of the newly formed Conservative Party and spent more than $2 million on your campaign. According to Tom Flanagan, you raised $2.7 million with about half (ie. about $1.3 million) coming from 1,829 donations of more than $200. Have you disclosed the identities of all of those donors, especially the biggest donors, and the amounts given?

When you campaigned to be party leader in 2002 and 2004, secret, unlimited donations by big businesses, including foreign-owned big businesses operating in Canada, were legal. Big businesses and their executives could have given you hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations, and their identities could legally remain secret.

However, legal does not mean ethical. According to international standards, to have ethical decision-making in politics the full details of the biases and conflicts of interest of all decision-makers must be disclosed to the public.

I therefore call on you to disclose, finally, who paid off your campaign costs so the public can determine whether those donations may still be influencing your decisions.

Finally, the federal Conservatives recently raised the annual donation limit for individuals from $2,400 to $3,000 (and during an election year from $3,600 to $4,500) to each party and its riding associations and (during an election year) its candidates. This has made it easy for a few executives from a big business or other organization to have undue and unethical influence over politicians by giving tens of thousands of dollars to a party and its candidates and riding associations.

Quebec recently lowered the annual individual donation limit to $100 specifically to reduce the undemocratic influence of big money in politics.

I call on you to decrease the annual individual donation limit to $100-$200 to help ensure that money cannot legally be used as a means of influence over politicians.

Please let me know when you will disclose your donors, and decrease the donation limit. I will be deciding how to vote in the next election based on the response I receive from you. I look forward to hearing back from you.

Dear Prime Minister Harper,
The public has a right to know who gave you more than $2 million to help you win power, especially the identities of the biggest donors, so they can judge whether those donations have influenced your decisions as prime minister.
It has been proven in scientific clinical studies that even small gifts and favours can have significant and lasting influence over a person’s decisions.
In 2002, you campaigned and won the leadership of the Canadian Alliance Party. Since then, you have disclosed the identities of only 54 of the donors to your campaign. You have kept secret the identities of 10 of his biggest donors, and thousands of other donors, even though they donated more than $900,000 of the $1.1 million you raised for your campaign.
In 2004, you won the leadership of the newly formed Conservative Party and spent more than $2 million on your campaign. According to Tom Flanagan, you raised $2.7 million with about half (ie. about $1.3 million) coming from 1,829 donations of more than $200. Have you disclosed the identities of all of those donors, especially the biggest donors, and the amounts given?
When you campaigned to be party leader in 2002 and 2004, secret, unlimited donations by big businesses, including foreign-owned big businesses operating in Canada, were legal. Big businesses and their executives could have given you hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations, and their identities could legally remain secret.
However, legal does not mean ethical. According to international standards, to have ethical decision-making in politics the full details of the biases and conflicts of interest of all decision-makers must be disclosed to the public.
I therefore call on you to disclose, finally, who paid off your campaign costs so the public can determine whether those donations may still be influencing your decisions.
Finally, the federal Conservatives recently raised the annual donation limit for individuals from $2,400 to $3,000 (and during an election year from $3,600 to $4,500) to each party and its riding associations and (during an election year) its candidates. This has made it easy for a few executives from a big business or other organization to have undue and unethical influence over politicians by giving tens of thousands of dollars to a party and its candidates and riding associations.
Quebec recently lowered the annual individual donation limit to $100 specifically to reduce the undemocratic influence of big money in politics.
I call on you to decrease the annual individual donation limit to $100-$200 to help ensure that money cannot legally be used as a means of influence over politicians.
Please let me know when you will disclose your donors, and decrease the donation limit. I will be deciding how to vote in the next election based on the response I receive from you. I look forward to hearing back from you.

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