Postmedia: Tories demand money for impending election campaign in ‘confidential’ memo

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OTTAWA — In a fundraising letter stamped “URGENT,” the Harper Conservatives are appealing for money to help finance an election they say is imminent.

The letter from top Tory fundraiser Sen. Irving Gerstein, obtained by iPolitics.ca, says the party needs another $243,900 for an election “we will likely face in the next few weeks.”

The sum, Gerstein says, will “pay for two weeks of campaign preparedness action before an election is called.”

The fundraising letter — sent out at the end of last week — comes in an envelope emblazoned with the words “Confidential Memo Enclosed,” designed to give potential donors the impression they are being let in on a secret.

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[CHIMO]

1. At Some Point

Reformers will realise that a 75% reduction on your tax bill is still a 25% extra tax.