Conservatives raised more than Liberals and NDP combined in second quarter of 2022
OTTAWA – The federal Conservatives raised more money than the Liberals and NDP combined during the second quarter of this year, as the party inches closer to choosing a new leader.
The Conservatives raised over $4.4 million from about 36,000 donors between April 1 and June 30.
The governing Liberals raised nearly $2.8 million from almost 28,000 donors and New Democrats received almost $1.2 million in contributions from nearly 16,000 people.
The federal Greens raised almost $438,000 from about 5,200 Canadians while over 1,600 people donated about $248,00 to the Bloc Québécois.
The People's Party of Canada, which does not hold any seats in Parliament, raised just under $200,000 from about 4,000 donors.
All parties, except for the Greens, received less money from donations in the second quarter than in the first three months of the year.
Financial returns filed with Elections Canada also lay out contributions to the Conservative federal leadership candidates during the second quarter, which totalled over $8 million.
Front-runner Pierre Poilievre received the most contributions of the candidates running for leadership of the party.
Poilievre raised just over $4 million, while former Quebec premier Jean Charest raised almost $1.4 million for the race.
The Conservatives will announce the winner of the leadership race on Sept. 10.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 2, 2022.
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Calgary – Parks Canada says visitors will be able to start booking reservations for camping and other activities at its sites across the country in March.
The reservation dates, which are posted online, are different at each national park, historic site and marine conservation area.
Parks Canada says in a statement that the bookings are a couple months later than recent years because the reservation system was getting outdated and needed some upgrades.
The agency says the system will look different from the previous one, but it will offer the same features and functions.
It adds, however, that anyone who wants to save information about previous bookings to do so before Feb. 26.
All users will be required to create a new user account on the upgraded system after March 3 and before they start booking any reservations later that month.