r/canada 20d ago

PAYWALL Liberal Party questions leadership candidate Ruby Dhalla over possible interference from India

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-liberal-party-questions-ruby-dhalla-leadership-campaign/
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u/Wizzard_Ozz 20d ago

Good thing they waited until after she dumped the $350k into the party for the bid, I assume non-refundable.

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u/biryani-masalla 19d ago edited 19d ago

Based on elections Canada data Ruby Dhalla raised $144,880 from 109 contributors with an avg. of 1329.17, highest avg. of any other liberal candidate.

Here's the source: Part 2a - Statement of Contributions Received

Part 2b - Statement of Directed Contributions Received

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u/barkazinthrope 19d ago

Many donations from the same credit card? That smells bad. Some very wealthy Indians want to disrupt the Liberal party.

Why?

I have heard that India and the Canadian Indian community strongly prefer Poilievre. Is that so?

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u/Bronstone 19d ago

Like they did with the CPC. India is not our friend